Transit: Astro pic of the day--awesome

Take a look at this awesome picture from the Swedish solar telescope on La
Palma.

http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/
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Mike Dworetsky

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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:36:54 +0000, Mike Dworetsky wrote:


Take a look at this awesome picture from the Swedish solar telescope on La
Palma.

http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/

Very nice, but what is that dark rectangle all about?

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Jon
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:33:21 GMT, Jon
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:36:54 +0000, Mike Dworetsky wrote:


Take a look at this awesome picture from the Swedish solar telescope on La
Palma.

http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/

Very nice, but what is that dark rectangle all about?

The atmospheric arc has been amplified (IIRC by a factor of 9) to
reveal it. These pros just aren't as adept as us amateurs at blending
such things into the background ;-)

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Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

Now that is one damn sexy picture!

Rob

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:36:54 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Dworetsky"
though we all should know:


Take a look at this awesome picture from the Swedish solar telescope on La
Palma.

http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/

More SST Venus pics he
http://vt-2004.solarphysics.kva.se/

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:36:54 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Dworetsky"
wrote:


Take a look at this awesome picture from the Swedish solar telescope on La
Palma.

http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/
--
Mike Dworetsky

Nice technical shot Mike but the best human interest pic is surely

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...?oneclick=true

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:37:20 GMT, (Maurice Gavin)
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:36:54 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Dworetsky"
wrote:


Take a look at this awesome picture from the Swedish solar telescope on La
Palma.

http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/
--
Mike Dworetsky

Nice technical shot Mike but the best human interest pic is surely

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...?oneclick=true

That's a cracker isn't it. I knew I should have observed down by the
Selsey Lifeboat station!

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

Pete Lawrence wrote in message . ..

That's a cracker isn't it? I knew I should have observed down by the
Selsey Lifeboat station!

Just as well you didn't! It left a few crumbs for we mere mortals. ;-)

Chris.B