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Having been lucky enough to have had an excellent view of the total solar eclipse on 8th April, I have been unable to find the “official numbers” of the two sunspots prominently visible that day, nor indeed any images showing them on an uneclipsed disc (labelled or otherwise). Can anyone help please?
Here is SOHOs picture from 8. April and my SeeStar photo fra 8. April 12.03 DST (UT +2)
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Lars LindhardParticipantI think the author of the article is referring to another picture?
Lars LindhardParticipantMike was faster here, sorry (and it is page 6 …)
Lars LindhardParticipantThank you for this interesting issue. T CrB is on my list.
However I think that the “X” on the picture on page 5 is misplaced.
I beleive that the star is here (My white cross)
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Lars LindhardParticipantMight it have been the thread on the BAA song? That mentions the February Journal from 1924 rather than 2024.
Yes, unless the date there has been changed, I need new glasses, sorry.
Lars LindhardParticipantMaybe you could make a CD to be sent out with the next journal?
I am ready to participate in a crowd funding 🙂
Lars LindhardParticipantWill this meeting be on Zoom or livestreamed to YouTube?
Or better yet be recorded so everyone can enjoy the singing 🙂
Lars LindhardParticipantIn JBAA Dec. 2023, the president writes as a reason for canceling honorary memberships
The BAA currently has most of its membership in the Senior (over 65s) category
This is unfortunately clear when we see pictures from the various events. Apparently very few younger people participate.
I myself have had the honor of being named an honorary member. Over the years, I have benefited greatly from the membership, and both I and the membership would survive, even if this distinction did not exist. And I would think that only very few would give up membership if they had no prospect of this honour.
So a scrapping of honorary memberships is unlikely to reduce the membership significantly.
However, this does not solve the age problem.
The question is whether BAA has become an old-fashioned institution that fails to attract the new generations.
The competition is of course tough today with all kinds of offers on-line, and I could fear that the situation is the same for the local clubs.
Instead of deleting the associations from the membership list, perhaps BAA should create advantageous membership offers for club members, so that we could get more younger people into the organization that way.
Lars LindhardParticipantThe weather will not permit observations/pictures from the next 180 hours, I’m afraid.
Lars LindhardParticipantI received the October JBAA plus Handbook 23. October.
Lars LindhardParticipantI agree.
These “Sovjet-type” elections with only one candidate are pointless and waste of money.
Lars LindhardParticipantThank you for your advice. I will find a full-aperture filter for the objective.
Lars LindhardParticipantCan you tell anything about the costs? There must be a monhtly rent or something? and what is your price for the equipment?
Lars LindhardParticipantAny explanation for the drop in blue magnitude?
Lars LindhardParticipantVery interesting thread.
Could I make useful spectra of the SN with my StarAnalyzer 100?
Lars LindhardParticipantEach of the planetary sections has templates on their websites on which you can draw the features and record other important details. The Saturn section has a series of templates depending on the angle of the rings (which you can look up in the Handbook). See: https://britastro.org/section_information_/saturn-uranus-and-neptune-section-overview/observing-programme/saturn-uranus-and-neptune-visual-report-forms
Regarding phases,in the case of Venus the observed phase generally differs slightly from the calculated one, a phenomenon called the phase effect: https://britastro.org/2016/the-phases-of-venus. So the phase should be drawn in at the eyepiece. The time of dichotomy can be determined from your observations and compared to the predicted time.
It seems that the links to Uranus and Neptune observing forms are dead.
The negative Saturn tilt forms link to the positive forms, but I suppose they are identical?
Lars LindhardParticipantThank you, All, for good advice. I will study your suggestions.
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Lars LindhardParticipantLars LindhardParticipantI was lucky last night
Canon 77D with 250 mm . Exp. 10.sec. ISO 3200.
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Lars LindhardParticipantAlas, only for the chosen few
“Thank you for coming to Rewind. This content is currently only available to audiences in the UK.”
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