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Director’s Blog
30th June 2025 – Section WhatsApp Group The Section now has a WhatsApp group for members to post solar related
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The following graphs show the temporal variation of the various white light and hydrogen alpha parameters obtained from member’s observations.
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How to image the Sun in three wavelengths – Webinar
This week’s webinar will be on How to image the Sun in three wavelengths, by Sheri Lynn Karl To join the interactive
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New Substantial Cycle 25 Sunspot
Today 2020 06 03 Wednesday, a penumbral sunspot rounded the SE limb at high latitude. We can surmise this will
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Polar Faculae Observer’s Challenge
Although we are now (February 2019) at solar minimum in terms of the number of sunspots, there is one photospheric
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Observers may find the Stonyhurst disks and grid below useful when making disk drawings. Software tools are available to determine,
Read moreSolar Section Aims & Objectives
Aims To promote every aspect of solar astronomy and to provide information and encouragement to members in relation to the
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