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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="13ea11c3.png"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B><IMG SRC="14f64510.png" border=0 width="100" height="81" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>Home...</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Observing the Sun is potentially very dangerous! The only two safe methods are projection onto a screen or use of a special filter that covers the </B><B><U>front end</U></B><B> of the telescope.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>White light features...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sunspots</B> are cooler regions (4200K) that appear dark in contrast to their hotter (5800K) surroundings. They are caused by strong magnetic fields (up to 0.4T) that prevent hot gases from deeper inside the Sun rising upwards. Normally, convection would supply fresh hot gas, but in sunspots the lack of replenishment allows cooling to take place.</div> <div> The number of sunspots varies greatly from day to day and shows a roughly 11 year cycle of activity. Sunspot activity is linked to auroral displays.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Faculae</B> are often associated with sunspot groups and appear as a network of brighter material, only seen when near the limb where contrast is greater. They are hotter regions and appear before a sunspot emerges from the photosphere and last after the spot has disappeared.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>H-alpha features...</B></div> <bR> <div> H-alpha images from 2003 to mid-2005 were obtained with a SolarMax 40 Hydrogen Alpha filter supplied by Coronado with a band pass of less than 0.08nm. This was double stacked from the summer of 2005 onwards to produce a band pass of less than 0.05nm. The filter only transmits light with the exact wavelength of 656.3nm (corresponding to the H-alpha line in the Sun's spectrum). This has the desirable effect of dramatically increasing the contrast of  prominences ('flame-like' structures) and other features that originate in the chromosphere.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Solar flares</B> are temporary brightenings caused by the reconnection of lines of opposite magnetic flux. They occur where the magnetic field is twisted into a complex pattern, with opposing polarities in close proximity.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Plages</B><B> </B>are much longer lived lesser brightenings often associated with sunspot groups.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Filaments</B> are dark, worm-like features. They are simply prominences seen in front of the solar disk.</div> <bR> <div> The images prior to 2003 were all obtained with a Lumicon 0.15nm band pass Hydrogen Alpha filter.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Sun</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="00758020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Solar Activity</U></B></div> <bR> <div> The data displayed in the graph below show mean sunspot Active Area counts based </div> <div> purely on my own observations using 20cm aperture telescopes. Cycle 23 had two </div> <div> peaks, the first in mid-2000 and the second about 18 months later. The Sun is now </div> <div> at its minimum of activity. The first high latitude sunspot group of Cycle 24 appeared</div> <div> on 4.1.08 and I was able to <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/5108" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>image</B></A> it the following day. Predictions based on the so </div> <div> called 'Great Conveyor Belt' that is thought to drive solar activity, suggest that Cycle 24 </div> <div> will be a strong and exciting one peaking around 2011-13, but Cycle 25 will be </div> <div> exceptionally weak. Time will tell...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2028a710.png" border=0 width="650" height="369" ALT="Microsoft Excel Worksheet" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/aurora" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><IMG SRC="1639dce0.jpg" border=0 width="413" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" >Click on the photo for Aurora Gallery</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Above left</B>: Aurora Borealis 15th July 2000   <B>Above right</B>: sunspot group that caused the aurora as seen on 13th July 2000.</div> <bR> <div> Click here for drawings made by Galileo of sunspots: <A HREF="http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/sunspot_drawings.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations">http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/sunspot_drawings.html</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Late cycle 23 surge in solar activity ...</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="20320a80.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="424" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>27.3.08  Comparison of White Light and H-alpha views of the Sun</B></div> <bR> <div> White light: 09:29 - 09:39 UT; Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f=600mm; SXV-H9 CCD; stack of 57 images; Baader astrosolar visual filter, Baader Solar Continuum</div> <div> filter and Baader UV/IR rejection filter. H-alpha: 09:47 - 10:01 UT; Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f=600mm; SXV-H9 CCD; stack of 124 images; SM-40 double </div> <div> stacked filters; Baader UV/IR rejection filter.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-518/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="600" height="565">  </div> <bR> <div> These three sunspots are clearly from the old dying out cycle as they hug the Sun's equator. For a full-size</div> <div> animation <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/27308" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett">CLICK HERE!</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1dd58220.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Curvy filaments AR 940 and AR 941 3.2.07</div> <bR> <div> Mozaic of 3000 stacked frames of AR 941 (left) and 9000 frames of AR 940 (right) with Lu075M CCD.</div> <div> Filter: double stacked Coronado SM40, f = 1500mm effectively.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d9e0780.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="632" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Forest of Prominences</B></div> <bR> <div> 16.12.06  12.53 - 12.59 UT</div> <div> Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f effectively boosted to 1500mm; SXV-H9 CCD; Coronado SM-40 double stacked </div> <div> filters < 0.05nm passband; 44 x 0.25s image stack</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1daf4750.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="373" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>AR 0930 - plages and filaments</B></div> <bR> <div> 9.12.06  12:41 - 12:47 UT</div> <div> Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f effectively boosted to 1500mm; SXV-H9 CCD; Coronado SM-40 double stacked </div> <div> filters < 0.05nm passband; 40 x 0.08s image stack</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d8e6da0.jpg" border=0 width="486" height="474" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> 4.11.06  11.45 - 11.51 UT</div> <div> Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f=600mm; SXV-H9 CCD; Coronado SM-40 double stacked </div> <div> filters < 0.05nm passband; 67 image stack</div> <div> <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/41106" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>Click here for full resolution version</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Dark filaments on the Sun...</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d2a2cb0.jpg" border=0 width="674" height="459" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> 7.10.06  Double-stacked SM40 H-alpha filter on Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f = 1500mm effectively.</div> <div> Baader UV/IR blocker. Stack of 41 images with SXV-H9 CCD.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Fiery Solar Prominences ...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d37cd30.jpg" border=0 width="636" height="467" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>30.9.06  </B>Double-stacked SM40 H-alpha filter on Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f = 600mm. </div> <div> Baader UV/IR blocker. Stack of about 1300 images with Lu075M.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Below: </B>A pair of high resolution Lu075M CCD images of the Sun through a 20cm Meade</div> <div> LX200 SCT @ F25. Filters: full aperture Baader photographic solar film, Baader Solar </div> <div> Continuum filter, Baader UV/IR blocker.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1ccef9b0.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="411" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  1.7.06  08:51 UTC</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1cbe1680.jpg" border=0 width="481" height="360" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >9.6.06  09:31 UTC</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> This whole disk H-alpha image was obtained on 14.4.06, showing several filaments:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >           </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1c48a5e0.jpg" border=0 width="650" height="606" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> On 10.4.06 a 'brontosaurus' prominence appeared!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c377d80.jpg" border=0 width="631" height="472" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1c1f14d0.jpg" border=0 width="497" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Above is a white light image obtained on 5.4.06 from 11.55 - 12.04 UTC.</div> <div> Below is a H-alpha image the same day from 10.51 - 10.54 UTC for comparison.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1c2902f0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="303" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1fec6c80.jpg" border=0 width="454" height="456" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">15.10.05</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/151005" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett">CLICK HERE for full size version</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Flare producing sunspot group AR798...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1af9cbe0.jpg" border=0 width="412" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">WHITE LIGHT </B></div> <div>                                                                                    17.9.05  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >10:11 UTC</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b0c4d30.jpg" border=0 width="452" height="467" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">H-alpha</B></div> <div>                                                                                            17.9.05  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >09:43 UTC</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> H-alpha Sun on 3.8.05...</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1aab4b70.jpg" border=0 width="436" height="439" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    </div> <div> For a <U>spectacular</U> full-resolution version of the above <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/3805" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett">CLICK HERE!</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Sun on 2.8.05...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1a701e90.jpg" border=0 width="513" height="489" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> H-alpha view with double-stacked <0.05nm pass band Coronado SM-40 filter.</div> <div> Stack of 36 SXV-H9 CCD images on Orion 80 ED Apo reftractor f=600mm.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1a87a330.jpg" border=0 width="378" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> White light close up of main sunspot group 11:54 UTC </div> <div> 20cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F10; Baader visual astrosolar filter, </div> <div> NDx10 filter; SXV-H9 CCD stack of 26 images.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="194f4f10.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="497" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sun 3.7.05</div> <div> Notice how the various sunspot groups hug either side of the equator - this is</div> <div> typical for late in the solar cycle. For a FULL resolution version that shows the</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >dramatic faculae better </FONT><A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/3705" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>CLICK HERE!</B></A><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >Close inspection shows a few 'tiny' </FONT></div> <div> blobs of brighter material at high latitudes. These are polar faculae that are</div> <div> more common at solar minimum.</div> <div> Stack of 106 x 0.006s exposures with an SXV-H9 CCD with NDx10 and IR blocker filters on my</div> <div> Orion 80 ED Apo f/600mm refractor fitted with a Baader visual filter.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Prominences at the Sun's limb (Earth shown to scale)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="18bec200.jpg" border=0 width="236" height="800" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <div> 27.2.05  mozaic of two .avi video sequences taken with ATK-1HS CCD on an</div> <div> Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f/600mm through a SM-40 H-alpha filter</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                            </div> <div> <IMG SRC="18858260.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Comparison of the Sun's chromosphere and photosphere on 13.2.05</div> <div> H-alpha: 51 x 0.002s exposures with SM-40 filter on Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f/600mm and SXV-H9 CCD.</div> <div> Natural Light: 58 x 0.005s exposures with full aperture Baader Astrosolar Film on Orion 80 ED Apo and SXV-H9 CCD.</div> <div> Click for: <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/13205" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett">200kB fine detailed image</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="18358440.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="580" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Sun in white light 16.1.05</div> <bR> <div> Stack of 17 x 0.01s exposures with SXV-H9 CCD on Orion 80 ED Apo refractor @ F7.5.</div> <div> Filters: full aperture Baader Astrosolar film and separate NDx10.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1842c260.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> M2 flare in AR715 on 30.12.04</div> <div> SXV-H9 CCD on my Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f/600mm; 53 x 0.002s exposures with Coronado SM-40 filter </div> <div> <B>Click for: </B><A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/301204" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>600 x 599 medium resolution version</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17f908a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Sun in H-alpha light on 21.12.04</div> <div> Coronado SM-40 H-alpha filter on Orion 90mm refractor f=500mm</div> <div> Stack of 35 x 0.004s exposures with SXV-H9 CCD camera - Sun only 15 degrees altitude!</div> <div> <B>Click for:  </B><A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/sun211204" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>full resolution 779 x 768 version</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17c58270.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> 24.10.04  Comparison of the Sun in normal white light (left) and H-alpha (right)</div> <div> Orion 80 ED Apo refractor f=600mm; SXV-H9 CCD; Baader Astrosolar film (white light), Coronado SM-40 (H-alpha).</div> <div> 28 stacked images (white light), 34 stacked images (H-alpha).</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B>Click for...   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/241004white" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>Hi-Res 930x924 White Light Image</B></A><B>     </B><A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/241004halpha" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>Hi-Res 933x912 H-alpha Image</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="172582e0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> Sun in H-alpha (left) and White Light (right) 22.8.04</div> <div> <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/22804" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett">Click here for 1024 x 516 (80k) version</A></div> <div> H-alpha image is a stack of 87x0.002s exposures with SXV-H9 CCD, Coronado SM-40 filter on Orion 80 ED Apo refractor</div> <div> White light image is a stack of 50x0.005s exposures with SXV-H9 CCD, Baader Astrosolar film and NDx10 on Orion 80 </div> <div> ED Apo refractor</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="167d8d70.jpg" border=0 width="472" height="471" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" >M5 Flare in AR649: 15.8.04</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="165902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Giant sunspot group AR649 on 14.8.04 (turbulent summer seeing)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="168cb8e0.jpg" border=0 width="459" height="398" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" >10.8.04</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16ad8c50.jpg" border=0 width="472" height="453" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   26.7.04</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17811b00.jpg" border=0 width="529" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The Sun on 23.7.04<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > </FONT></div> <div> Upper images in white light and H-alpha with Orion 90mm f=500mm refractor. </div> <div> Lower image in white light with 20cm Meade LX200 SCT. Baader Astrosolar film used for white </div> <div> light images and Coronado SM-40 filter used for H-alpha.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett/135" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterjgarbett"><B>Click here for 1588 x 1297 (185k) version</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1662cec0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Giant sunspot group AR652 on 23.7.04</div> <div> 47 x 0.015s exposures with SXV-H9 CCD, Baader Astrosolar Filter, NDx10 filter, 20cm Meade LX200</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Surprising surge in activity in late-October 2003...</div> <bR> <div> Here is a series of white-light photos taken with TP2415 film through my 20cm</div> <div> Meade LX200 SCT showing the remarkable growth of several giant sunspot groups.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19af8f10.jpg" border=0 width="248" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">         <IMG SRC="19bf7f30.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 23.10.03                                                                       25.10.03</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19c18040.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="19df4f10.jpg" border=0 width="244" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 26.10.03                                                                         27.10.03</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19907fa0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <IMG SRC="19702f70.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> 29.10.03                                                                                            30.10.03</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1a00efa0.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> 1.11.03</div> <bR> <div> The result was an auroral display on 29th...<IMG SRC="1a32cc60.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16c908d0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="397" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" >27.9.03</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16bd8310.jpg" border=0 width="472" height="305" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" >4.5.03</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1eedf930.jpg" border=0 width="223" height="403" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">24.4.02  17:20 U.T. 0.15nm Lumicon H-alpha filter 50ASA Fuji Velvia film</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16e90990.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="153" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </div> <bR> <div>    Arch prominence<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" >   25.7.01</FONT></div> <div>      0.15nm Lumicon H-alpha filter, HX516 CCD</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="157bb8d0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  X5 flare  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Times New Roman" >25.8.01 0.15nm Lumicon H-alpha filter</FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>