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Hi All
We have an awesome star only 8 light minutes away with visible surface features that can change rapidly, so I’m really keen to learn how to do some solar observing/photography at CAS.
I would love to get accredited so I can use the solar telescope, so if you are accredited on the solar telescope and heading out during the day to do some solar viewing I would love to join you.
Also as a school teacher, I think it would be fantastic to run some CAS outreach sessions in schools or even some weekend sidewalk sessions in the city.
If you want to see what is happening on the Sun today check out the real-time H-Alpha network here …
Here is an image from today…
There is a great sunspot heading towards the eastern limb, and some great prominences on the western limb possibly heralding a new active region about to rotate into view.
Cameron 🙂
Don’t forget the SDO website for the high resolution latest in many wavelengths https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/.
Cameron – better if you asked that on the CAS members forum – more likely to be seen there
I can show you the Lunt easy – we can do some on Saturday as the weather looks clear
I currently have the Lunt with me as I was at Darfield kids fair on Sunday showing the kids some big prominences
Cheers
Simon
Thanks, Simon. That would be fantastic. I’m new to the forums here, so I’m not sure where the best place to post things is yet. Great to hear you were inspiring the next generation of solar observers on Sunday. Solar scopes are such a fantastic outreach tool, and the wow factor is huge. I was reading this article recently…
https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/outreach/past/Atlanta/
Here are a couple of quotes…
“These kids usually have never seen a narrowband solar telescope and I hear a lot of “wows” each time I bring them out. When the Sun cooperates with a 60,000+ mile filament or prominence or a large active region with sunspots there is no replacing the look on a kid’s face after you explain the enormity of the features.”
“The kids are fascinated by the details of how it takes the light a little over 8 minutes to reach us from the Sun and they always want to know what would happen if it “blew up”. One little girl asked me once “How much water would it take to put out the Sun”. I couldn’t answer that one.”
“I would strongly suggest that if you are fortunate enough to own astronomical viewing equipment of any kind that you make it a point to take it out and share it with people who have never been exposed to telescopes before. It is very rewarding. Who knows where the next Einstein or Newton is just waiting for someone to spark his or her imagination?”
Cameron 🙂
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