- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
Solar observations: August 2020
For the month of August 2020 Sunspot activity was quite low during my observations with only five spot groups observed, most were single...
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Elizabeth Cocking
- Aug 31, 2020
- 3 min
In this month: September
Every month Elizabeth Cocking, long time member of Sydney City Skywatchers and current secretary, researches interesting historical...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Solar Observations: January 2020
Sunspot activity for the month of January remained extremely low however, on the 3rd January a single Axx spot was observed of the new...
George Mavrocordatos
- Nov 23, 2019
- 1 min
Annular Solar Eclipse of 26 Dec 2019
On Boxing day this year there will be an annular eclipse which will be a surprise to many. Even though I am a keen amateur astronomer,...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Nov 15, 2019
- 2 min
Solar observations: October 2019
Sunspot activity on the Sun is now proving to be very rare as the Solar Cycle 24 is now at minimum. Not one Sunspot was observed by me...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Oct 14, 2019
- 1 min
Solar observations: September 2019
Sunspot activity for the month of September remained extremely low however, on the 1st September two very small Bxi spots were observed...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Sep 30, 2019
- 2 min
Solar Observations: August 2019
Coronal Holes were observed at the end of July, beginning of August by Space Weather.com - these are shown in the image above from NASA's...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Aug 14, 2019
- 1 min
Solar Observations: July 2019
For the month of July, 2019 and during my 21 days of solar observations I did not see any Sunspot activity. The only activity that was...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Jul 10, 2019
- 2 min
Solar Observations: June 2019
For the month of June, 2019, though solar activity was once again was still very low, a few Sunspot groups did appear. On June 1st the...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Jun 5, 2019
- 2 min
Solar Observations: May 2019
For the month of May, 2019, though solar activity was once again was still very low, a few Sunspot groups did appear. A total of 24...
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