Season’s Greetings!
NGC 7662 (also known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula or Caldwell 22) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Andromeda.
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Yearly Archives: 2012
Season’s Greetings!
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Frank Geefay
Frank GeefaySolar Activity and Winter Observing
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
We could be going through Solar max now:
Latest graph: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/
The latest graph of sunspot count:
SUBSIDING STORM: Last night,
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Solar Observing Nov 4th
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
Take The Sunspot Quiz:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/quizzes/sunspot_quiz_flash.html
Solar Observing November 4th was sublime.
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Lecture On The Sun
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 – 12:00pm
Climate Change: What’s Going On With the Sun?
SETI Institute: 189 Bernardo Avenue #100,
Climate Change: What’s Going On With the Sun?
SETI Institute: 189 Bernardo Avenue #100,
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October Sun 1x Visible Sunspots
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
OCTOBER 1st
Visible Sunspots over next couple of days!
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
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Shuttle Endeavour Flyover
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Lots of folks gathered at NASA Aimes for the Flyover of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Beautiful Day – Beautiful spaceship.
Flyover Video and Crowd Cam Here:
https://plus.google.com/photos/115436722413756146284/albums/5790716943897359409
Great Education and Outreach Booths:
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Almaden Valley Art & Wine Festival
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
Thousands of folks and families gathered for the 2012 Almaden Valley Art &
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Loaner Scope & Quick STARt Status Page
by Frank Geefay
Frank GeefayAuthor: Dave Ittner
SJAA offers all of it’s members the opportunity to borrow various types of loaner scopes. The challenge with any such program is the ability to provide a current listing of scopes and their availability.
I am pleased to say that we have developed a system which will provide 100% transparency.
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SJAA at Cambrian Festival 2012
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
A beautiful sunny day at the Celebrate Cambrian Festival brought out lots families to learn about their local community.
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It Was Bound To Happen + Sunspots and The Spinning Sun
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
The Sun and Saturn –…
The Sun
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Useful Solar Links:
Real Time e-mail Solar Flare Alert:
http://www.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-flare-alert
Everything about the Today’s Sun at a Glance:
http://www.solarham.net/
Today’s Space Weather with Sunspot Count:
http://www.spaceweather.com/
Solar Influences Data Center –
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Solar Observing August 5th
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
The are a so many objects up in the night sky for amateur astronomers to enjoy,
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Quick STARt get’s an upgrade
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
SJAA is proud to announce an upgrade to their innovative Quick STARt (QS) program. The QS program is for new members with little to no experience in the hobby. It is designed to provide some basic instruction about the night sky and how to use one of the loaner scopes.
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Daytime Jupiter and Solar Observing July 1st
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
First I must say hats off and a thanks for Teruo spotting Jupiter in his 8 inch SC scope this afternoon in broad daylight.
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An Open Source Satellite You Can Operate!
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Hey Amateur Astronomers & Imagers
(also DIY’ers, hackers, and in general those interested in space)
Did you know that there is now a standard (10cm x 10cm x 10cm) satellite called CubeSat that any cash deprived university or small businesses can build or buy and put into space with their own equipment or experiment?
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1x sunspot group for Fri June 15th
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
There’s been a nice 1X power sunspot group visible the last coupe days.
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Venus Transit: Interview + Time Lapse Video
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
SJAA member Dan Wright with his great eyepiece projection system is interviewed on Venus Transit.
Transit of Venus Over Course of the Day!
Here’s a nice YouTube video from Malika Carter’s Sunspotter
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Venus Transit (SJAA at Houge Park)
by Frank Geefay
Frank Geefay
Observe The Sun Safely – Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting
San Jose CA: Clouds did not prove to be a problem today for this rare event to see Venus cross the Sun.
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