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The Sun – May 2023

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ The latest images of our active Sun by members Simon Dawes and Jim Burchell. Simon’s 3 images below were taken on the 18th May 2023. Details of how Simon acquired the images are on the photos.   Jim’s image was taken on […]

The Sun by Simon Dawes – 10th & 16th May 2023

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ A fantastic collection of images of our Sun taken by Simon Dawes on the 10th & 16th May 2023 from North Kent, showing lots of sunspots 🙂 Details of how Simon acquired his images are on the photos. The Sun on the […]

The Sun – 29th April 2023 by Jim Burchell

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/   A splendid white light image of an ‘active’ Sun taken on 29/04/2023 by member Jim Burchell showing sunspots AR3285, AR3286, AR3288 bottom right, AR3289 and AR3292 top left, with AR3291 middle right. Image was taken with a Pentax KP attached to […]

Images by Jim Burchell – 23rd to 25th Feb 2023

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Member Jim Burchell was busy out and about towards the end of February photographing our stunning sky and below is a selection of his superb images.   Orion, Taurus and the Pleiades taken on the 23rd Feb from the CMHASD pavilion, Sutton-at-Hone. Image was taken with a Pentax KP on a static tripod, F6.3,  30 […]

Active Sun – 10th February 2023 by Jim Burchell

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ A super image of an active Sun captured by member Jim Burchell on the 10th February 2023 showing Sunspots 3213 to 3221.  Jim took the image with a Pentax KP attached to 102mm Altair Astro refractor using a solar filter. Below is […]

Enormous Sunspot AR3190 – 20th Jan 2023

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ A fantastic image of the Sun taken on the morning of the 20th January 2023 by member Jim Burchell.  The image was taken by Jim using a pentax KP attached to 102mm Atair Astro refractor fitted with a solar filter.  At the […]

Boxing Day Sun in Hydrogen Alpha by Honor Wheeler

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ A stunning image of the Sun in H-alpha on 26th Dec 2022 by Honor Wheeler.  The image was acquired by Honor at 20221226_1212UT  using a Canon M6 Mark II and Personal Solar Telescope (PST). Honor wrote ‘This image of the Sun was […]

Very Active Sun – 2023 Jan 15 – Honor Wheeler.

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ On the morning of Sunday 15th January 2023, CMHASD member Honor Wheeler captured this absolutely stunning image of the Sun.  As you can see it was very active and still is!  Details of how Honor acquired her brilliant image are […]

Unusual Sunspot AR3088 – 26th August 2022 by Simon Dawes

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please click here for solar observing safely. On the morning of the 26th August 2022 member Simon Dawes imaged 3 of the sunspots on the sun – AR3086. AR3088 and AR3089 and superb images they are too.  Sunspot AR3088 however looked a little bit different from the usual sunspots seen and indeed […]