Sunspot Animation

[lunator]

I have been tracking Sunspot 10953 for the last 3 days.

Handheld afocal using the fuji compact camera.

I have taken a photo every 24 hours and have put them into a very short animated gif.

The gif is on this page next to the Lunar eclipse.

http://www.rkas.org.uk/page4.html

Cheers

Ian

[geppetto]

Nice one Ian

[barkis]

The animation gives a different dimension to a sunspot, as well as showing the progress across the solar disc, it gives an indication of the equatorial region of the sun. I also enjoyed the website images Ian. Are you the main source of images for the society's Astro site?

I like the double star shots, there never seems to be a great many doubles imaged. I would like to see more of that subject, in particular, the more colourful pairs.

Thanks for the link.

Ron.

[themos]

I enjoyed that lunator. My only comment is that the sunspot on Saturday was near the 8 o'clock position, as I could see with my filtered binoculars. Wouldn't you prefer it with a North-South orientation indicated?

[lunator]

I enjoyed that lunator. My only comment is that the sunspot on Saturday was near the 8 o'clock position, as I could see with my filtered binoculars. Wouldn't you prefer it with a North-South orientation indicated?

Hi Themos

The image was taken through the ETX70 with a diagonal. The orientation isn't really an issue for me as my brain is wired for a Newtonian view so a refractor looks all 'wrong' to me anyway :D

I hope to get a full weeks image.

Cheers

ian

[Rob]

Very Nice Ian