sol...ar pics :)

[ving (David)]

i dont know where you guys get the names of these spots from but took some today...

8"er full ap filter brought to you by thousand islands
2mp cam held up to the EP and unsharp-masked later

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Nice shots ving.

Well posted here as originally 798 and then 809 I don't know what its number is now. FYI after each time a sunspot reappears from behind the back side of the sun its given a new number.

798 is actually 808


I think it is these guy's still calling it 798
http://spaceweather.com/


and these guys have renamed it on it's present run 808
http://www.solarmonitor.org/index.php

which is correct, as Paul say's they are named as they appear even if they are on their 2nd or 3rd pass

Nice images Ving

regards

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks Rob

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Originally Posted by ving

i dont know where you guys get the names of these spots from but took some today...

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I just go to SoHO and look up the number of your spot

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

sunspot identification is based on a very complex system

[ving (David)]

thanks narayan.
yup, its 808. i didnt get 810 (on the other side)... or rather couldnt. it woudnt sow up on my pics for some reason

[fringe_dweller]

Technically its a sunpot group/region if you get into the nitty gritty of it - even tho they are all obviously related. Also the morphology and evolution of a sunspot group/region dictates its classification too I think? - when it was simply sunspot group 798 originally it was only classed as capable of M-class flares when it came back around it was capable of X-class flares - why spaceweather is still calling it 798 i am not sure - it must be an ambiguous situation
btw Nice catch Ving like that filter dude
Kearn

Originally Posted by ving

i didnt get 810 (on the other side)... or rather couldnt. it woudnt sow up on my pics for some reason

I did, kinda

[ving (David)]

well captured rob
what film and camera do you use and what settings. thats closer to what i see thru the EP