Gedeeltelike sonverduistering oor Bloemfontein (15 Januarie 2010)

Partial Solar Eclipse: Bloemfontein, South Africa - 15 January 2009

Sunspot 1040 clearly visible. It is a member of new Solar Cycle 24

Camera: Canon 30D

Exposure: 100 ISO; 1/1000 @ F25

Filter: Baader Solar Photo filter

Lens: 300mm X 1.6 (480mm) (Canon 70 - 300mm Zoom)

Time: 15/01/2009 (07:30)

Software: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop CS4

Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa

Weather conditions: Good, Sunny,  no clouds during exposure
Photographer: Hannes Pieterse

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Gedeeltelike sonverduistering Vrydag, 15 Januarie.

Net so `n katspoegie van `n verduistering. Die enigste vir 2010 hier in die Suide. Op die voorstelling wat met TheSky 6 gemaak is kan mens sien hoe die gedeeltelike verduistering Vrydag om 07:30 gaan lyk. Dit begin om 06:58, bereik sy maksimum om 07:30 en eindig om 07:59. Venus is regs bo in die prentjie.

2010 ASSA Symposium

The Pretoria branch of ASSA is proud to announce the dates for the Southern African Eighth biennial Symposium of the ASSA.  The symposium will take place at the Silverton campus of the Council for Geoscience on Thursday 7 October 2010 and Friday 8 October 2010.  The preliminary program for Saturday includes a morning visit to HartRAU and a guided tour through the Tswaing meteorite impact crater during the afternoon.

The symposium will focus on light/spectrum pollution and people interested in delivering papers are invited to send a short synopsis to Andrie van der Linde at andrie@eridanusoptics.com.  You can also make a preliminary booking if you plan to attend.

Details on registration fees and suggestions for accommodation, etc will be available soon.

Regards

Andrie van der Linde

Is die seisoen vir Sonvlekke hier? Het die gety gedraai?

Sunspot 1040 is busy growing again. In only 24 hours, it has expanded from a barely visible "sun-speck" to a planet-sized active region with 15 dark cores and a tangled magnetic field. Steve Riegel sends this picture from his backyard observatory in Santa Maria, California.

More info: spaceweather.com

Moenie oor Vrystaat se koue kla nie!

 So het die Britse Eilande op 7 Januarie op `n hoogte van 420 myl gelyk.

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