Solar＆Planetary LtE Now for CMO/ISMO #55 (CMO #429)

Solar＆Planetary LtE Now for CMO/ISMO #55 (CMO #429)

Not every email is necessarily cited in the PDF’s CMO LtE

To see the preceding ones, click

LtE#428

CMO/ISMO Index Page

The latest is at the top

¤·····Subject: Re: CMO/ISMO is updated to #428/#45

Received: 28 November 2014 at 18:48 JST

Thank you Masami and Masatsugu.

I will be having my back operation next friday, so will not be able to take images probably until january, when mars will be very small and lower in the sky. Hopefully I can get a few images during the next few days.

Best regards,

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Mars 26 November

Received: 27 November 2014 at 20:57 JST

Hi, all

Apologies for sending from my work e-mail. I had some problems with my e-mail system at home.

Attached image from yesterday evening. Hellas, Syrtis Major and MareTyhrrenium prominent. Hesperia also showing in red and IR images.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141126/CFs26Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 21, 22 November 2014

Received: 23 November 2014 at 20:41 JST

Jupiter images J141121

Jupiter images J141122

Tomio AKUTSU (Tochigi, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: Pro-Am session at European Planetary Science Congress 2014

Received: 22 November 2014 at 23:44 JST

Dears,

I had the pleasure this year to organize the pro-am program and convene in particular the "Amateur contribution to planetary and exoplanet science" which was holded in Portugal, in september during the 2014 EPSC.
For those of you who could not join, please find on the following page a summary of the oral and poster sessions, with the abstracts and a couple of posters/presentation available and some pictures:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/doc/EPSC2014/EPSC2014.htm
You can also find the program of the second session, "Citizen Science: Intersection of Professional - Amateur Astronomy" convened by Padma Yanamandra-Fisher here:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2014/oral_program/16853

I want to thank all co-conveners and authors for your contribution, and the public who listened to our sessions.

Regards,

Marc DELECROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

¤·····Subject: solar images 18-Nov-2014

Received: 21 November 2014 at 07:11 JST

Hi Guys

Fortunately the spectacular spot group AR2192 survived it journey around the far-side of the sun, although a little changed. It is now called AR2214 and AR2209 . Here are a few images of it in Ha and white light. There were a couple of nice prominences too.

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤·····Subject: Mars 20 November

Received: 21 November 2014 at 05:16 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141120/CFs20Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 18 November 2014

Received: 20 November 2014 at 23:18 JST

Jupiter images J141118

Tomio AKUTSU (Tochigi, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: Mars 18 November

Received: 19 November 2014 at 03:41 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening. It is becoming increasingly difficult to capture a blue image. Hellas rotating into view.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141118/CFs18Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 16 November

Received: 18 November 2014 at 22:46 JST

Jupiter images J141116

Tomio AKUTSU (Tochigi, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: RE: Mars 16 November Red channel only

Received: 18 November 2014 at 03:49 JST

Hi, all

I did not get any images this evening, but as a point of interest, when I was looking a bit more closely at the image from yesterday evening, I noticed two small dark spots central and south west of the Argyre region(I think….). I have marked them on the attached image. I would be interested to know if these are identifiable, or whether they are just artifacts of processing. The upper one(more southerly), appears to be roughly in the position of Crater Schmidt, but I guess it would be expecting a bit much at this distance…..!

Best regards

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 15 November

Received: 17 November 2014 at 06:56 JST

Hi All.
I have attached an RGB Jupiter image from 15 November. Oval BA is on the AM limb. Interesting SEB details.
Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

¤·····Subject: Mars 16 November Red channel only

Received: 17 November 2014 at 02:44 JST

I do note that I am still very well placed for the next two apparations, so I am hoping I can get these medical issues resolved and be back to full operation during the first half of next year(I still have mountains to climb, rivers to canoe, as well as lots of planetary, lunar and deep sky imaging to do…….!!)

Best regards, and I will try and make the most of these last couple of weeks to close out this apparition.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141116/CFs16Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 14 November

Received: 16 November 2014 at 22:52 JST

Jupiter images J141114

Tomio AKUTSU (Tochigi, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: Mars 14 November

Received: 15 November 2014 at 04:06 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening. We have had bad weather the last few days. Argyre region reasonably bright. Clouds and maybe a hint of dust(in red image) over Mare Acidalium. Although overexposed, some shape apparent in the SPC

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141114/CFs14Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter November 9

Received: 13 November 2014 at 01:43 JST

Hi here is my first image of these season ,Red and IR > 685 nm in average seeing conditions

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/jup141109.jpg

My best regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 7 November

Received: 10 November 2014 at 09:34 JST

Hi All,
I have attached an RGB Jupiter image from 7 November. Heavy dew and
fairly poor seeing as a front rolled in.
Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

¤·····Subject: Prominence activity animation, 9th November, 2014

Received: 10 November 2014 at 07:12 JST

Hi All,

Just realised that I'd put 2015 in the subject header of my last email. I guess you'd all worked out that it should have been 2014!

Here are 10 minutes of activity on that monster prominence condensed into just a few seconds. Filter used was a single stack SolarScope SF-70.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/solar/2014/2014-11-09_ss7001_g3_b3_ap33_Crop.gif

Best regards,

Pete LAWRENCE (Selsey, WS, the UK)

¤·····Subject: Mars 9 November

Received: 10 November 2014 at 02:00 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening. Blue data a bit better. Some (vapour) cloud apparent over Mare Acidalium

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141109/CFs09Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Monster Prominence - 9 November 2015

Received: 10 November 2014 at 01:29 JST

Hi All,

No matter how often you observe the Sun, sometimes it just takes your breath away. This was the case on the morning of 9 November when a huge prominence appeared on the southeast limb. I think this was the largest for me since 18 Oct 2008.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/solar/2014/2014-11-09_11-01-32_ss70_g3_b3_ap15.jpg

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/solar/2014/2014-11-09_11-39-58_Flat_g3_b3_ap35.jpg

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/solar/2014/2014-11-09_10-49-17_ss70_g3_b3_ap22.jpg

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/solar/2014/2014-11-09_10-48-19_ss70_g3_b3_ap13.jpg

Best regards,

Pete LAWRENCE (Selsey, WS, the UK)

¤·····Subject: Mars images on September, October 2014

Received: 10 November 2014 at 00:52 JST

Mars images on 14, 20, 28 September and 19 October 2014.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140914/Mo14Sept14.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140920/Mo20Sept14.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140928/Mo28Sept14.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141019/Mo19Oct14.jpg

Yukio MORITA (Hiroshima, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: Mars 7 November

Received: 8 November 2014 at 15:00 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening. A bit of a hint that the Argyre region , which is rotating into view may be fairly light. Afraid there i8s very poor data in the blue.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141107/CFs07Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Mars 6 November

Received: 7 November 2014 at 03:57 JST

Good evening all,

Images from this evening. Reasonable seeing conditions extended into the evening.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141106/CFs06Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: solar images 4-Nov-2014

Received: 6 November 2014 at 19:49 JST

Hi Guys Yes these really are images of the sun taken on the same morning as those Jupiters !

I caught AR 2205 having a moment throwing up some coronal loops.

I see that Spaceweather states that it “ harbours energy for strong x class flares”.

The white light image off a 5 inch is higher mag than the Ha image off a 3.5 inch aperture.

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤·····Subject: Re: Neptune 2014.11.01

Received: 6 November 2014 at 07:43 JST

Marc,

Thank you for your excellent image of Neptune and Triton.

The SPR brightening may have dissipated lately. I look forward to your future images.

Regards,

Carlos HERNANDEZ (Miami, FL)

¤·····Subject: Neptune 2014.11.01

Received: 6 November 2014 at 07:30 JST

Dears,

Neptune with Triton, under average seeing. No details can be made out:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/n20141101i-21h28.4UT-MDe.jpg

Steady skies,

Marc DELECROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

¤·····Subject: Re: Jupiter 20 October

Received: 6 November 2014 at 06:24 JST

Don,

Thank you for your excellent images of Jupiter showing much detail across the Jovian disk. The Great Red Spot (GRA) region is interesting. I look forward to your future images.

Regards,

Carlos HERNANDEZ (Miami, FL)

¤·····Subject: Mars 5 November

Received: 6 November 2014 at 05:34 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening. Have missed a few evenings due to poor weather and also being out of town on business.

No significant activity detectable at this stage, as far as I can see.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141105/CFs05Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter Images 4-Nov-2014

Received: 6 November 2014 at 04:44 JST

Hi All,
I have attached belated RGB Jupiter images from 20 October.
Interesting interaction between GRS and Oval BA.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter Images 4-Nov-2014

Received: 6 November 2014 at 03:30 JST

Hi Guys I finally managed to get up at 4:30am and do some night-time imaging. I was lucky to get some good seeing too. Temp 3C in the dome with heavy frost and horrendous dew. The corrector was rarely fully clear inside and out. It was easier to keep an eye on without the dew shield. The dew shield works in most conditions but at nearly 10 feet from the ground and still seeing the histogram fading away, it was safer to take it off.

Jupiter is only three quarter scale at the moment so the best is best is yet to come. Ova BA is seen just preceding the edge of the GRS.

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤·····Subject: 2014 Mars images

Received: 5 November 2014 at 15:03 JST

Hello Darryl,

I'm about to resume writing Mars notes for ISMO. I remember you made some good shots of the planet last spring but I think you did not send them. Would you be able to send at least those ones showing the so-called polar fronts or northern spiral clouds ? You had some I think :)
This will be my first subject of study.

Best wishes and again excellent work on Uranus btw ;)

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)
Planetary astronomy and imaging

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 31 October

Received: 5 November 2014 at 09:58 JST

Hi All,
I have attached RGB and CH4 Jupiter images from 31 October.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 28 October

Received: 4 November 2014 at 07:28 JST

Hi All,
I have attached RGB and CH4 Jupiter images from 28 October.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

¤·····Subject: Solar Images 31-Oct-2014

Received: 3 November 2014 at 04:33 JST

Hi Guys

All a bit flat up there since AR2192 went over the limb. There was a nice caterpillar filament crawling over the limb shown here in wide and close up shots.

All images Ha Double stack Coro90 .

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤·····Subject: Jupiter images, 28 October 2014

Received: 2 November 2014 at 23:54 JST

And just two images from the 28th, seeing ended awful so no RGB.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-10-28_06-03_ch4_cp.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-10-28_05-46_ir_cp

Good seeing to all,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)
Planetary astronomy and imaging

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 2014 October 29

Received: 2 November 2014 at 23:51 JST

Jupiter images : J141029

Tomio AKUTSU (Tochigi, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter images, 27 October 2014

Received: 2 November 2014 at 23:13 JST

Hi all,
Here are my first images of the new season. Seeing was poor.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-10-27_06-24_rgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-10-27_06-20_b_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-10-27_06-37_rir_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-10-27_06-04_ch4_cp

The images show the "wite" spot Z - it looks to have considerably lost its orange color of the last season. It's not dark anymore in B and much less bright in CH4.
Best wishes,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)
Planetary astronomy and imaging

¤·····Subject: Solar activity 17 October - 1 November 2015

Received: 2 November 2014 at 19:06 JST

Hi All,

Here are some recent solar images from me, including a number from the passage of AR12192 between 17-30 October...

AR12192 white light summary image

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/solar/2014/AR12192-Summary-Oct17-30_2014_1600.jpg

¤·····Subject: Mars 1 November- 2nd set

Received: 2 November 2014 at 04:17 JST

Hi all

A second set that I took a little earlier than the one I sent through already. Olympus Mons directly below centre?

¤·····Subject: Mars 1 November

Received: 2 November 2014 at 03:53 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening. I believe that Olympus Mons may just be visible lower left(NE) of centre?

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141101/CFs01Nov14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤·····Subject: solar Images 27-28-Oct-2014

Received: 1 November 2014 at 23:32 JST

Hi Guys Here are a few more images of the best spot in a decade. I hope you are not getting bored with it, you know you’re going to miss it now its gone.

Maybe it will make a comeback !

The white light images show its wonderful weirdness, and the Ha images show rapidly moving flares and filaments.

I was surprised just how much camera tilt was required to get rid of the interference fringes so well displayed in HA by the CMOS ZWO. No real harm done to the images though.

Best wishes

Solar Images 27-29-Oct-2014

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤·····Subject: The Moon, 2014 October 31

Received: 1 November 2014 at 07:40 JST

David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex, the UK)
http://staglaneobservatory.co.uk

Back to the CMO/ISMO Façade / CMO Home Page