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The sun this morning at 0630.
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jimcoble2000
Nice sunspot group today, as it has been all week but I observed a more interesting feature this morning. I got up early having left the 4 inch out overnight to acclimatize after observing Saturn last night. As you know the early hours are absolutely the best time to get the sun. I was using the Baader Mylar front filter. Seeing was not quite all it can be early on but not terrible either. Having a quick look at the overall condition of the sun. I noted that the solar granulation showed quite well at lower powers say 23X. As you go up in power to 56x the granulation becomes more difficult to see as the seeing goes down with power. I reversed to confirm my impression and yes low power is the way to see this feature. Often I never see this in white light later as seeing is typically bad when the atmosphere is stirred up later in the afternoon and you may be using too high a power when looking at sunspot detail. Good granulation is tough to see across the entire disc as it requires very good seeing. A good filter helps too as most glass filters smear out the fine detail. Try it, back off to low power early one hot morning. Limb darkening is more obvious too if you back away from power. That said it is too hot again today and I don't want to burst into flames later. At present there is merely no oxygen in the air. |
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Roy Diffrient
Nice report Mark, but try not to become combustible.
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Roy On Jul 19, 2022, at 7:55 AM, Mark Ost <jimcoble2000@...> wrote:
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jimcoble2000
I will sincerely try Roy..............................I am just so frustrated............................ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. 
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 10:53:56 AM EDT, Roy Diffrient <mail@...> wrote:
Nice report Mark, but try not to become combustible. Roy On Jul 19, 2022, at 7:55 AM, Mark Ost <jimcoble2000@...> wrote:
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jimcoble2000
How long is the cord?
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 11:17:09 AM EDT, Ian Stewart <swampcolliecoffee@...> wrote:
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Bird Taylor
Who needs a cord when you can use Solar Power?
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jimcoble2000
hmm let me think about your engineering solution a bit? 
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 11:28:32 AM EDT, Bird Taylor <birdtaylor@...> wrote:
Who needs a cord when you can use Solar Power?
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Eveready On 7/19/2022 11:22 AM, jimcoble2000 via
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jimcoble2000
Have you used one of these things? Back in the day I used the ones that absorbed water (iced) and you tied it around your neck. That made a big difference when you are out 12 hours a day in the sun.
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 12:59:10 PM EDT, Ian Stewart <swampcolliecoffee@...> wrote:
Eveready On 7/19/2022 11:22 AM, jimcoble2000 via
groups.io wrote:
How long is the cord?
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Ian Stewart
Nope but I did use the ones you mentioned. They actually worked
quite well. On 7/19/2022 1:02 PM, jimcoble2000 via
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jimcoble2000
Don't they though? This heat just won't let up. Clouds too.
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 01:07:14 PM EDT, Ian Stewart <ian@...> wrote:
Nope but I did use the ones you mentioned. They actually worked
quite well. On 7/19/2022 1:02 PM, jimcoble2000 via
groups.io wrote:
Have you used one of these
things? Back in the day I used the ones that absorbed water
(iced) and you tied it around your neck. That made a big
difference when you are out 12 hours a day in the sun.
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 12:59:10 PM EDT, Ian
Stewart <swampcolliecoffee@...> wrote:
Eveready On
7/19/2022 11:22 AM, jimcoble2000 via groups.io wrote:
How long is the cord?
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Robert Schmidt
I will provide cooling view. In Alaska this week, 55F and breezy.
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