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My Solar Viewing Journal For September 2008
LAST UPDATED: October 1st, 2008 at 8:25amEST/1225z
9-1-08 - I didn't have the best condition but I still saw the spectacular looping prom!

9-1-08 - Jeff Young starts the month off with a beautiful sketch!

9-1-08 - Erika Rix got her view on and of course, WOW!!!!!

9-1-08 - Pete Lawrence captured it!


9-1-08 - Here's how J. Stetson, J. Fairfull and P. Fazzi saw it!


9-1-08 - Alan Fridman also shared a beauty, I added mine for comparison!

9-1-08 - Fox Keri took part in the photofest!

9-2-08 - I waited too long and it got very hot and hazy outside, only managed 20 minutes!

9-2-08 - Nick Howes' capture confrimed my observation to a "T"!


9-3-08 - P-M Heden managed a view and image!

9-3-08 - Alan Friedman also captured and wow'd us!

9-3-08 - Adrian Guzman also got his view on and shares this great capture!

9-4-08 - Managed view between sucker holes!

9-4-08 - Stephen Ramsden managed to get his view on!

9-4-08 - Once again John Stetson catches the Int'l Space Station traversing the disk!

9-4-08 - Pete Lawrence shot a trifecta under less than perfect conditions!

9-5-08 - Pat Stoker also shared a trilogy of plasmic action!

9-5-08 - Pete Lawrence managed to pull them out of the fog!

9-6-08 - Again, poor conditions!

9-6-08 - Larry Alvarez also shared some gems today!

9-6-08 - Sally Russell is another true artist!


9-6-08 - Rich Best and Sally Russell offer the best of both worlds!

9-6-08 - Paul Robertson also captured the action!


9-6-08 - Mark Walters shared a hot shot!

9-7-08 - Managed to get the main feature done!

9-7-08 - Oldfield got his view on!

9-8-08 - This morning was perfect with plenty of spectacular proms to see!

9-8-08 - J. Stetson & T. Littlefield shared this wonderful capture!

9-9-08 - Patricia Cannaarts wows us with these spectacular captures!



9-9-08 - Mark Walters caught the day's action!


9-10-08 - A perfect day yielded 2 views and spectacular activity to boot!


9-10-08 - J. Stetson, J Fairfull and N. Herbert made some great captures today!


9-10-08 - My bro Emiel Veldhuis got his view on and shared some gems!
I added my sketch for comparison!


9-10-08 - Alan Friedman really pulled out the minute details in this one!

9-11-08 - Emiel Veldhuis put this wonderful animation together!

9-12-08 - Terrible conditions...


9-12-08 - Robert Arnold created this fantastic animation of a lively hedge shaped prom!
Here is my sketch of that prom for comparison!

9-12-08 - Mark Walters shared his 1st light with his new CA scope and the h-alpha for comparison!


9-13-08 - Finally, a beautiful morning!

9-13-08 - Paul Robertson captured ALL the action!

Comparison between my sketches and Paul's images!



9-13-08 - Mark Walters shared a wonderful group of hot shots!

9-13-08 - Jeff Young sketched a beauty today!

9-14-08 - Andy Tanner wow'd me with his detail!

9-14-08 - Alan Friedman is a master at capturing amazing images!



9-15-08 - Fox Keri put this great animation together!

9-16-08 - Another beautiful morning with a plethora of prominences!

9-17-08 - A few small prominences danced around the limb!

9-18-08 - A beautiful arch graced the NW limb today!


9-18-08 - Fox Keri put this wonderful mosaic together!

9-18-08 - Mark Walters shared these beauties!




9-18-08 - Pete Lawrence also caught today's activity!


9-19-08 - I could only see one prominence, poor conditions!

9-19-08 - Pete Lawrence pulled out the faint ones I couldn't see in great detail!




9-20-08 - An impromptu viewing found the east side of the limb covered with proms!

9-20-08 - Emiel Veldhuis found some time in the sun!


9-20-08 - Paul robertson captured a couple of beauts!

9-20-08 - Pete Lawrence made a neat comparison!

9-20-08 - Nick Howes crafted this masterpiece today!

9-20-08 - Jeff Young shared a fantastic sketch!

9-21-08 - Oldfield captured pretty much all there is!

9-21-08 - David Leong also captured what there was!

9-21-08 - Larry Alvarez shared a beauty!

9-21-08 - Les Cowley got his sketch on today!

9-21-08 - Fox Keri also captured some wonderful images today!




9-21-08 - Paul robertson is on a roll!


9-21-08 - Pete Lawrence managed to pull this out of the mist!

9-22-08 - I tried a new layout today, I liked it!

9-22-08 - Pete Lawrence's beautifuyl close up of AR1002!

9-22-08 - Didier Favre also shared a close up on the short lived NEW CYCLE SUNSPOT!

9-22-08 - Robert Arnold got his view on!


9-22-08 - Andy Tanner shared some gems too!

9-23-08 - All "4 corners" had spectacular proms on them !

9-23-08 - Pete Lawrence captured the last of AR1002!

9-23-08 - Mark Walters captured all the action today!





9-23-08 - Alan Friedman always blows me away with the details he captures!

9-24-08 - Today was one of those WOW days, the WEST limb prom was very complex and captivating!

9-24-08 - Mark Walters snapped some hotties!





9-24-08 - John Stetson and his students put this wonderful series together!

9-24-08 - Jerome Grenier captured the complex monster in great detail!

9-25-08 - A beautiful morning yielded another "4 corners" of prominences!

9-25-08 - Pete Lawrence spotted a new AR emerging, hopefully!

9-25-08 - Adrian Guzman also got his view on!


9-25-08 - Emiel Veldhuis found his groove and snapped some killers!


9-26-08 - Mark Walters captured it all!

9-26-08 - Nick Howes captured the action as well!


9-27-08 - Mark Walters was in his groove this week!

9-27-08 - Emiel Veldhuis shared these gems with me!

9-27-08 - Paul Robertson got his view on today as well!

9-27-08 - Andy Tanner also spent some of his weekend in the sun!

9-28-08 - Today was Lacy's 20th birthday and the sun was special today!
I managed 2 viewing and the images from around the world are amazing!
The 3rd is a comparison made by Robert Arnold!



9-28-08 - Emiel Veldhuis captured this AWESOME prom and made this kewl animation!



9-28-08 - Les Cowley's!

9-28-08 - P-M Heden's!

9-28-08 - Andy Tanner's!


9-28-08 - Paul Robertson's!



9-28-08 - Stephen Ramden's!


9-28-08 - Adrian Guzman's!



9-28-08 - Pete Lawrence's!

9-28-08 - Jerome Grenier's animation of the event!

9-28-08 - Didier Favre's!

9-28-08 - Cai Wohler's!


9-28-08 - Larry Alvarez's!

9-29-08 - Another amazing day!

9-29-08 - Pete Lawrence's and a comparison with mine!



9-29-08 - David Leong's!

9-29-08 - Andy Tanner's!


9-29-08 - Les Cowley's!



9-29-08 - Mark Walters'!



9-29-08 - Adrian Guzman's!




9-30-08 - Terrible conditions for me this morning!

9-30-08 - Pavol Rapovy's!




9-30-08 - Stephen Ramsden's!

9-30-08 - Adrian Guzman's!



My all time favorite Prominence from 1945, I lived to see one like this!!
You can use this to identify the different types of features!
All pictures used with permission of the imager!