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Pin the tail #5

Posted by on July 19th 2013 in Great Escapes, Just for fun

Wednesday's pic:

 

Basecamp.

Pin the tail #4

Posted by on July 18th 2013 in Great Escapes, Just for fun

Tuesday's pic:

 

90-degree stitched panorama - inversion below basecamp. Click it for a bigger version.

Pin the tail #3

Posted by on July 15th 2013 in Great Escapes, Just for fun

Monday's pic:

 

View E from basecamp. Giveaway clue - please ignore the turbines.

Pin the tail #2

Posted by on July 15th 2013 in Great Escapes, Just for fun

Sunday's pic:

 

View NW from basecamp. A few 3000-footers on that skyline.

Pin the tail #1

Posted by on July 13th 2013 in Great Escapes, Just for fun

We know where we are. Do you?

Here's Saturday's pic (sorry it's a bit late):

 

View SW from basecamp.

Observing Report 5th July 2013 (A big group of sunspots)

Posted by on July 6th 2013 in Astrostuff, Observing Reports, Pics
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Yesterday saw an improvement in the weather. I managed to get out for an hour to nab this sunspot group:

Active Regions 1785 and 1787 (05/07/2013).
DMK mono camera on C80ED-R, Baader Solar Film filter.

What SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) saw.

Close-up of Active Regions 1785 and 1787 (05/07/2013).
DMK mono camera with 2.25x Barlow on C80ED-R, Baader Solar Film filter.
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