Daily Archives: August 13, 2014

The Sun Online and solar activity. August 13, 2014

There were no C flares during the past 24 hours. In the next 48 hours, eruptive conditions (C flaring) are possible, especially from NOAA AR 2139, 2140, and 2137. CACTUS detected a partial halo CME first observed by LASCO C2 at 5:48 UT on August 12. This CME is most probably associated with a backside eruption visible on STEREO A EUVI 195 images around 4:55 UT and hence will not be geo-effective.Over the past 24 hours, solar wind speed as observed by ACE varied between about 400 and 480 km/s, with current values around 440 km/s. The magnitude of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) varied between 3 and 9 nT. Over the past 24 hours, geomagnetic conditions were quiet to active (K Dourbes between 2 and 4; NOAA Kp between 1 and 4). Quiet geomagnetic levels (K Dourbes < 4) are expected on August 13, 14 and 15.
SIDC

Equipment: Coronado 90 +  Imaging Source DMK  + LX75
Processing: Photoshop, Avistack 300 frames
Date: 08/13/14
Time UT: 16:00
Exposure 1/500 sec.

Observatory Sponli

  

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Rings Around the Ring Nebula 

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Image Credit: Hubble, Large Binocular Telescope, Subaru Telescope; Composition & Copyright: Robert Gendler

 It is a familiar sight to sky enthusiasts with even a small telescope. There is much more to the Ring Nebula (M57), however, than can be seen through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure – a collaborative effort combining data from three different large telescopes – explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much farther from the nebula’scentral star. This remarkable composite image includes narrowband hydrogen image, visible light emission, and infrared light emission. Of course, in this well-studied example of a planetary nebula, the glowing material does not come from planets. Instead, the gaseous shroud represents outer layers expelled from a dying, sun-like star. The Ring Nebula is about 2,000 light-years away toward the musical constellation Lyra.
APOD NASA 13-Aug-14

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Great Nebula in Carina

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The Carina Nebula (also known as the Great Nebula in Carina, the Eta Carinae Nebula, NGC 3372, as well as the Grand Nebula) is a large bright nebula that has within its boundaries several related open clusters of stars. Some papers generally refer to this as the Carina Nebula, mostly because of differentiating the many papers published on this object, but the historical precedence as determined by southern observers like James Dunlop and John Herschel, who have both termed it the Eta Argus Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Astro-Physics 152mm f/7.5 Starfire EDF
Imaging cameras: FLI ProLine Proline 16803
Mounts: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FS-60C
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Superstar
Focal reducers: Astro-Physics AP 4.0″ Field Flattener
Software: PixInsight 1.8, FocusMax, Maxim DL Pro 5, Software Bisque TheSky6 Professional, Photoshop CS Photo Shop CS5, CCD Autopilot 5
Filters: Astrodon E-series LRGB Ha 5nm
Accessories: Sirius Dome
Dates: Jan. 27, 2014
Locations:Sydney Australia
Frames: 38×600″
Integration: 6.3 hours

Author: David Nguyen
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 13 Aug 2014

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