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Bin scanned the Sun at 10:45
GMT and the sunspot had gone! I confirmed this later on the Big Bear
site.
Nov 15th
Well just as I had my first
night-time action for ages, I actually saw our nearest and dearest star
and following a look at the Big Bear images, I did a bin scan, to
confirm that a small sunspot was, indeed, visible.
I did a hydrogen alpha shoot
at 13:00 and saw faculae. Although the prominence wasn't visible in the
full disc shot, the faculae certainly were.
The prominence came out in another shot.
Well now here's my usual quadrant shots, starting with the prominence:
Nov 14th
It was after a long wait that
I was finally able to see action again. Indeed, it was quite an
unremarkable night, if it wasn't for the fact that I'd been clouded out
for 9 days. I opooed out at 19:20 to see 2 of Jupiter's moons, both to
the west. I could also see Albireo, Epsilon and Delta Lyrae, not much
but gold duat after such a lean spell.
At 21:15, it had somewhat
cleared and I was able to see the Hyades. The Pleiades (M45) was a bit
disappointing, with little more than the main asterism visible. The
Andromeda Galaxy (M31) was almost directly overhead and a real neck
strainer for binoculars. I was able to spot Alcor and Mizar low down
but neither M34 nor any of the Auriga clusters were visible.
Nov 5th
This was the first action in
Prague. I'd been there since Sunday 1st and been totally clouded out
day and evening. I saw a waning gibbous Moon. Tycho's rays were
dominating the moonscape but the Appennines were almost drowned out by
the light but Plato showed well. Grimaldi was further from the limb
than normal, thanks to libration.
Oct 30th
The sunspot group appeared
right on the edge as seen through my binoculars under poor, cloudy
conditions.
The final action of the month
was another Moon shoot, starting with the full disc.
To the bottom right is the
much elongated Schiller, although the whole region is rich in craters.
Now would a gibbous Moon shoot
look complete without Tycho? No Way!!!
But then there's Plato and the
Appennines at the north.
Copernicus, Kepler and the
rather interesting multi-feature below Kepler looked rather intriguing.
