Posted on 10/22/2014 1:31:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Properly shielded, it was very easy to see with the naked eye. Unlike some other naked eye sunspots, this one showed structure. The eastern end was darker, the western half grayer and more extended.
Through a small telescope, the mix of dark umbras scattered amid weirdly sculpted penumbral islands was incredible to see. Photographs like the one above are wonderful documents, but witnessing this beautiful complex magnetic mess with your own eyes is another experience altogether. Region 2192 continues to grow and size and complexity and is now the largest sunspot group of solar cycle 24 which began in 2009 more than five years ago
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
72-hour time-lapse video taken by SOHOs HMI imager Oct. 18-20, 2014 [28 seconds]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMhMIbGUiY0
No wonder the skip has been so good lately.
Here’s keepin my fingers crossed that that puppy doesn’t let loose with an X15 or so!
Wow, that’s a big spot.
It’s sure reassuring that the sun has no impact on
globull warming, otherwise we’d be screwed, no
matter how much carbon dioxide cows fart!
Extract from today's APOD (plus appropriate Ping ;)
Should be an interesting sight w/ tomorrow's Partial eclipse ...
Think of it as art:
That’s a neat, ethereal image .... very Halloween-ish ;)
Here in WNY, it was totally clear skies, but the eclipse started only 1/2 hour before sunset & was behind obstructions by the time it was low enough to safely view.
Thanks mikrofon. Extra to APoD. Maybe I’ll actually get the regular posts to APoD done sometime.
n/p, you do seem to have a lot on your plate not to encroach on your turf ;-)
I always go to the APOD site & Astronomy Topic threads on my own anyway
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