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Old 06-09-2010, 12:30 PM
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Paddy (Patrick)
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That Sun just keeps changing

Having recently acquired an equatorial mount with motor drives (thanks, Chris) for my ED80, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and sketch a solar active region. Apart from knowing that this is going to take some time to master, I was amazed by how much the region changed during the time it took to do the sketch. I'd noticed how rapidly the prominences change, but until I tried sketching, I hadn't seen this with active regions.

Just reinforces for me what a great observing target the sun is especially in hydrogen alpha (ie if anyone is wondering whether it's worth investing in Ha solar viewing, IMO the answer is a very big yes).
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