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The last 8 months or so has seen a rise
in solar observation by amateur astronomers world-wide. This month
in particular has been an exciting one with several new large
sunspots appearing on the solar disk sending many keen solar
observers rushing to their Hydrogen Alpha scopes or fitting
white light solar safety aperture filters to catch a glimpse.
Monitoring our nearest star from his home in
northern NSW, avid solar observer Derek Klepp has captured a
terrific sequence of a sun spot solar outburst in the AR1261 region.
Klepp reports that the event
started at around 04:00 Universal Time and lasted about 30 minutes.
"It's the best I've seen yet.. very exciting to
watch it unfold".. he said.
Above: Using ProStar 127mm apo
refractor fitted with home made aperture cover with Baader 3.8
neutral density safety film and a
Baader 1.25" Baader K-Line Filter
stacked filter, Derek used a
GSTAR-EX monochrome CCD video camera to capture the event.
Amongst the mottled appearance of the upper solar atmosphere and
either side of the spot region AR1261 are AR1263 (lower right) while
at top left is AR1260. Below:
Using minimal processing to produce his solar images, Derek pours
them out just about daily depending on the weather. Using the same camera, the bright flare
up is
revealed easily from his 60mm
DayStar Penta 0.5A Hydrogen Alpha scope.
Click here to
see the complete sequence
Our congratulations Derek on his fine observation and images. AS |
