Category: Sun

Sunspots – August 15, 2013

Sunspots - August 15, 2013
Sunspots – August 15, 2013

Object Name: Sun
Location: Schwanfeld – Germany
Date: August, 15th 2013
Media: graphite pencil on white paper
Optics: Vixen ED102SS (diameter: 102mm / 4 inch, focal length: 660mm / 27 inch)
Mount: Giro II DX (AZ-Mount)
Filter: Baader-Planetarium Astro-Solar ND5 (visual)
Eyepiece: Televue Nagler 12mm Type IV (overview), Speers Waler Zoom @ 6mm (details)

Hello to all,

Today we had a sunny morning, only the sky was crossed with light cirrus clouds. Why shouldn’t I look to the sun? The sun came up with some sunspot groups and an bright area (maybe flares?) on me. I could not help, I took the drawing pad an my pencil and start to draw. Maybe the sunspots in overview are little bigger than they real were, but I think the details outside the circle are located close to the original. Hope you like it too.

With sunny regards

Florian Köhler

Green Ray

Green Ray
Green Ray

Hello

un chapelet d’apparition du rayon vert, à la L80x60, Nouméa.
Crayon graphite et colorisation logiciel retouche d’image.

Cordialement

pour info : le livre “ASTRODESSIN, Observation & dessins en astronomie” est achevé, après 3 ans de travail en équipe. 560 pages, 2 volumes, à parraître en novembre 2013.

Serge

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English Translation via Google Translate:

Hello

Appearance of a string of green ray, the L80x60, Noumea.
Graphite pencil and coloring image editing software.

Regards

FYI: the book “ASTRODESSIN, Observation & drawings astronomy” was completed after three years of working as a team. 560 pages, 2 volumes, parraître in November 2013.

Serge

Dancers on the Northwest Limb

Solar Prominences - August 16, 2012
Solar Prominences – August 16, 2012

2012 08 16, 1330 UT

NW Prominence

Erika Rix – Texas

www.pcwobservatory.com

DS Maxscope 60mm h-alpha, LXD75, Baader Planetarium Hyperion 8-24mm Mark III

Temp: 86 F (30 C), winds SE 5 mph, lightly scattered, 37% H
Seeing: Wilson 4.7-4, Transparency: 4/6, 50x, Alt: 72.7, Az: 175.3

Sketch created at the eyepiece with black Strathmore Artagain paper, white Conte’ pencil and crayon, and white color pencil.

NOAA 11543 had very bright plage. The sunspots within it weren’t quite as pronounced as the other day. There was a very large filament going east to west in the SE quadrant of the solar disk. More plage located to the SW and the E-NE quadrants.

The brightest, largest prominence that I spotted was located on the NW limb and resembled two dancers joined by their outreached hands with their other hands stretched out behind them. More prominences were scattered about the limb, but to the SW, a very short, bright set of prominences were apparent.

White Light Sun – May 22, 2013

White Light Sun - May 22, 2013
White Light Sun – May 22, 2013

Hello,

I would like to submit a Drawing of the Sun on May 22 2013 at 08h00 UTC,

Object : The Sun (in visible light)

Location : Narbonne – South of France

Media : White paper (18.5*18.5cm) & Graphite pencil (HB0.7mm) + backgroud colour, corections and light/contrast adjustment with “Gimp image editor”

Telescope :Skywatcher Mc 127/1500 + Baader astrosolar Filter,
Eyepieces : Televue Plossl 32mm (46.8x) / Hyperion 24mm (62.5x)

Meteo : cloudy but stable seeing 😉

Thank you for reading,

Gallardo Julien

the Sun – Drawing

Our Sun in White Light – May 19, 2013

White Light Sun - May 19, 2013
White Light Sun – May 19, 2013

Hello astronomers,

This is my drawing of the sun in white light at May 19, 2013.

Object name: Sun
Object type: Star
Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands
Date: May 19, 2013
Media: Graphite pencils and processed with GIMP
Time: Around 14:00 UT
Telescope: Sky-watcher refractor (102/500mm)

First I made a fussy grey background for the sun and drew a circle. Thereafter I drawed the sunspots and the rest of the details inside the disk. I scanned the picture and processed it with GIMP for a smooth contrast and brightness.

Kind regards,
Lennart van Sluijs

White Light and H-Alpha Sun from Polaris Observatory

White Light Sun - February 18, 2012
White Light Sun – February 18, 2012

Dear Asod,

I send you hereby my sketch made this Saturday at Polaris Observatory, Hungary. I used a 114/900 Skywatcher with Baader solar filter for white light sketch and a Lunt 35 for the H-alpha sketch.
The most intersting part is a solar prominence on the northern edge, which is was a very 3D something, biting in the sun-disk.

Equipments used: 114/900 SW (100x) & Lunt 35/400 H-alpha
Date: 18th February 2012, UT: 10:40 (white light) and 11:20 (H-alpha)
Place: Hungary, Budapest, Polaris Observatory
Media: graphite pencil used on white paper

Clear skies,
Judit

Full Disc H-Alpha – April 22, 2013

H-Alpha Sun - April 22, 2013
H-Alpha Sun – April 22, 2013

Object Name: Sun
Object Type: Star
Location: Deventer, The Netherlands
Date: April 22, 2013
Media: White pastel pencil on black paper, colorized and mirror reversed with Photoshop

Sunny weather + long lunch break = solar observing!
This afternoon I took 30 minutes to sketch the Sun in h-alpha. It’s been so long since my last solar sketch, I even had to search for the pastels. I made a full disk sketch, the active region AR1726 was large enough so see in detail even at low magnifications. For this sketch I used a 22mm LVW (32x) in my 70mm h-alpha telescope.

Kind regards,
Roel Weijenberg
www.roelblog.nl