Daily Archives: June 26, 2014

The Sun Online and solar activity. June 26, 2014

Catania 92 (NOAA AR 2096) produced the only C-class flare of past 24 hours, a C2.2 flare that peaked at 09:18 UT. More C-class flaring activity can be expected.The solar wind speed is at 350 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions are quiet. The fast solar wind from an equatorial coronal hole is expected to reach the Earth within 48 hours, probably rising conditions to active  levels.
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Equipment: Coronado 90 +  Imaging Source DMK  + LX75
Processing: Photoshop, Avistack 300 frames
Date: 06/26/14
Time UT: 16:00
Exposure 1/500 sec.

Observatory Sponli

  

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  1. The Sun Online and solar activity. June 1, 2014
  2. The Sun Online and solar activity. June 14, 2014
  3. The Sun Online and solar activity. June 15, 2014
  4. The Sun Online and solar activity. June 2, 2014

Conjunction by the Sea 

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Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Black

Early morning risers were treated to a beautiful conjunction of Venus and waning Crescent Moon on June 24, captured in this seaside photo near Belmar, New Jersey, USA, planet Earth. The serene celestial pairing is seen above the Atlantic Ocean horizon as the eastern sky grows brighter with dawn’s early light. Wispy, scattered clouds appear in silhouette. But the exposure also reveals the night side of the lunar orb in the armsof the sunlit crescent. That shadowed part of the Moon, with hints of the smooth, dark lunar seas or maria, is illuminated by Earthshine, sunlight reflected from planet Earth itself.

APOD NASA 26-Jun-14

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  1. Clouds and Crescents
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IC 59, IC 63 and Gamma Cas

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IC 59 (upper) and IC 63 nebulae lie about 600 light-years distant. They are slowly dissipating under the influence of ionizing ultraviolet radiation from hot, luminous star gamma Cas. Gamma Cas is physically located only 3 to 4 light-years from the nebulae. In fact, slightly closer to gamma Cas, IC 63 is dominated by red H-alpha light emitted as the ionized hydrogen atoms recombine with electrons. Farther from the star, IC 59 shows proportionally less H-alpha emission but more of the characteristic blue tint of dust reflected star light.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Orion Optics UK CT8
Imaging cameras: SBIG ST-8300C, SBIG ST-8300M
Mounts: Losmandy G11
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion Optics UK CT8
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar guide camera
Focal reducers: Baader Planetarium RCC
Software: Maxim DL, photoshop
Filters: Baader Planetarium OIII 8.5nm, Baader Planetarium 7nm H-Alpha, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2
Accessories: Celestron Radial Guider
Dates: Oct. 26, 2013, Oct. 31, 2013, Nov. 8, 2013
Frames:
Baader Planetarium 7nm H-Alpha: 20×900″ bin 1×1
Hutech IDAS LPS-P2: 15×300″ bin 1×1
Baader Planetarium OIII 8.5nm: 10×900″ bin 2×2
Integration: 8.8 hours

Author: Jacek Bobowik
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 26 June 2014

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  3. Tulip nebula
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