Dave Gradwell's Astrophotography

Welcome to my web Pages! Here you'll find images of the Sun, planets, Galaxys and all sorts of astronomy related stuff. Most are taken from my run-off observatory near Birr Ireland. You may notice the Earth in some images - no I haven't jumped in a spaceship its added to show the sheer scale of these solar events.

Dave Gradwell 2009/08/16

2010-August-10

Since the arrival of baby Oscar last month I've had no time to see the increase in solar activity. So I was happy to get these 3 images through a break in the clouds this evening. The Sun has been releasing CMEs (Coronoal Mass Ejections) for the last week. Heres 2 of the spots - AR11093 and AR11096 and also a large prominence which was on the NW.

2010-July-5

Just a full disc shot today that shows only one Sun spot (AR11084) and quite a few large filaments.

2010-June-27

We still have a somewhat quiet Sun the only points of interest being the Earth sized Active Region AR11084 and a nice prom on the west of the disc. Imaging was made difficult today due to a strong wind.

2010-June-15

Still a quiet Sun as can be seen from the full disc image. There was a nice active area on the NE with a wall of plasma eminating from it.

2010-June-06

The Sun settles down again the only objects of note are AR11076 on the SW edge and a circlet of filaments towards thet north. There was also a small prominence on the NE.

2010-June-05

This very dramatic row of prominences appeared on the western edge today. These were the filaments that that were present for some days along the disc

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