Deirdre Kelleghan
Active Region 1057 April 1st 2010
.Solar Active Region 1057 PST 40mm 8 mm TVP eyepiece.
April 1st Hazy conditions now and again.
Pastels , pencil on black paper
13:30 - 02:45 UT
April 1st Hazy conditions now and again.
Pastels , pencil on black paper
13:30 - 02:45 UT
Active Region 1024
July 6th 2009
Bray , Co Wicklow
AR 1024 July 6th 09:15 UT PST 40 8mm TVP eyepiece - 50X. Pastels and Staedtler Ergosoft Pencils on black paper. Seeing - Wilson Scale 3 Some very fine detail visible , the AR is not as busy as the 4th of July. The flares seem less active. I just managed this one sketch before the clouds rolled in again. The AR fibrils stood out very clearly from time to time , the plage was much less vibrant than July 4th. The mottling held well defined patterns over large areas. One of the sunspots appeared larger than previous and the penumbra was visible without going up and down the bandwidth of the scope. I sketched in the spots alone first then tuned the scope to pick out the other details visible in the h alpha. Today I decided to use pencil over pastel to try to achieve as exact a sketch as I could.
Active Region 1029
After days of rain and cloud , a short break revealed the huge Active Region 1029. The plage was very bright , the active region fibrils were not as pronounced as I would have liked. For the few seconds of clarity now and then the fibrils were visible packed tightly like the material in an iris. A very bright flare grew out of almost nothing and caught my eye, a distraction to the main event. I was lucky that I could include it as my page was big enough to accommodate it in proportion. My sketch starts with tuning the bandwidth to eliminate everything bar the sunspots. I then re tune and re focus the scope to look closely and get a clear view of the many elements in my target. 11:00 UT - 11:55 UR Solar Flare spotted at 11:40 UT PST 40mm / 8mmTVP eye/50X
Solar Active Region 0960
PST 40
Williams Optics Binoviewers 20mm eyepieces
Schmincke Soft Pastels/300gm Paper/Pencil
09/06/2007
12:37UT - !3:37 UT
That particular afternoon I just focused my eyes on Active Region 0960 and took a closer look at the active region filament. I looked closely at the swirling motionless movement that this interesting area offered me.
Williams Optics Binoviewers 20mm eyepieces
Schmincke Soft Pastels/300gm Paper/Pencil
09/06/2007
12:37UT - !3:37 UT
That particular afternoon I just focused my eyes on Active Region 0960 and took a closer look at the active region filament. I looked closely at the swirling motionless movement that this interesting area offered me.
Active Region 0960
10/06/2007
12:00UT - 13:50UT
Active Region 0960
PST 40
Williams Optics Binoviewers 20mm eyepieces
Schmincke Soft Pastels/300gm Paper/Pencil
I decided to follow the active region 0960 for a second day. I was interested to see how it had changed since Saturday . The paler areas around the spots was much more evident and the active region filament appeared less prominent. The plage seemed to be breaking up. So far this pale grey pastel is doing the granulation or the swirling dots until I think of a better solution.
12:00UT - 13:50UT
Active Region 0960
PST 40
Williams Optics Binoviewers 20mm eyepieces
Schmincke Soft Pastels/300gm Paper/Pencil
I decided to follow the active region 0960 for a second day. I was interested to see how it had changed since Saturday . The paler areas around the spots was much more evident and the active region filament appeared less prominent. The plage seemed to be breaking up. So far this pale grey pastel is doing the granulation or the swirling dots until I think of a better solution.
Active Region 0960
AR 0960 and proms
07:00UT - 07:50 UT Proms - 07:50 UT
11/06/2007
Ireland
PST 40
Williams Optics Binoviewers 20mm eyepieces
Schmincke Soft Pastels/300gm Paper/Pencil
I got a look at this region early on the 11th, it was different again to the other views.
You may think pale grey is an odd choice for depicting this area around the active region. In observing the swirling movement and powerful shapes,it is a least a defining colour . I am thinking about other ways of showing this busy sub drama, which is acted out around areas of major league drama on the visible surface of our life giving star.
07:00UT - 07:50 UT Proms - 07:50 UT
11/06/2007
Ireland
PST 40
Williams Optics Binoviewers 20mm eyepieces
Schmincke Soft Pastels/300gm Paper/Pencil
I got a look at this region early on the 11th, it was different again to the other views.
You may think pale grey is an odd choice for depicting this area around the active region. In observing the swirling movement and powerful shapes,it is a least a defining colour . I am thinking about other ways of showing this busy sub drama, which is acted out around areas of major league drama on the visible surface of our life giving star.