I spent a good part of Saturday volunteering at BYU's Astrofest in the Eyring science building, sitting between a rather cute female BYU astronomy major and a couple of fine fellows from the physics program at the U who were sharing some impressive images from the new observatory in So. Utah. I shared a table with a woman who works at the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center in P.G., who is also a published Sci-Fi author (http://www.jaletac.com). I managed to slip outside long enough to catch a fantastic look at the sun through their Lunt Solar telescope, and very much enjoyed the very large prominence on the (North?) edge. Turnout to the event was excellent -- a nice experience overall :) --- On Sat, 5/22/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Seeing spots To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 4:55 PM When I first looked at the SPOC Clear Sky Clock earlier today and saw it was calling for clearing skies today I questioned its accuracy. After all a quick look outside showed total overcast.
But now, a few hours later the CSC is still calling for clear until midnight and I've been out observing the Sun under blue skies. Maybe I should apologize to the CSC's creator... :)
At any rate, regarding seeing spots, I was delighted to see some very respectable spots on the Sun, right near its center. first sunspots I've seen in a couple of weeks.
And switching to H-Alpha I saw two large prominences and a scattering of smaller ones.
So, as planned, SPOC's Bogdan refractor will be open for Sun viewing this evening from 6 to 7 pm using the club's DayStar H-Alpha filter.
Y'all come!
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