- May 11, 2022
- 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,...
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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...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
Solar Observations: April 2019
At last...there was a bit more solar activity in April as reported by Monty Leventhal OAM from his balcony in Maroubra, a suburb of...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Mar 2, 2019
- 2 min
Solar Observations: Dec 2018, Jan & Feb 2019
February 2019 For the month of February, 2019 it appeared to me that all Sunspot activity had ceased with all other activity remaining...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Oct 4, 2018
- 1 min
Solar observations: September 2018
Each day, weather permitting, Monty Leventhal observes the Sun, our closest star, and records activity such as solar prominences, sun...
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