SUNSPOT MONITORING – SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, September 17, 2021. The sky was mostly clear with moderate to fresh breeze which provided good transparency but average seeing at the time these images were taken. Solar activity remains at very low levels with no sunspot groups visible for the 3rd consecutive day. The latest […]
SUNSPOT MONITORING – SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, September 18, 2021. The sky was generally clear with moderate to fresh breeze which provided good transparency but average seeing at the time these images were taken. Solar activity is at low levels with no sunspot groups visible for the 4th consecutive day. The latest sunspot […]
SUNSPOT MONITORING – OCTOBER 5, 2021
No sunspot monitoring posts were issued from October 1-4, 2021, due to unfavorable weather conditions prevailed on those dates, mainly brought by Cyclone Shaheen. Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, October 5, 2021. The sky was mostly clear with light to moderate breeze (fresh upper-level winds) which provided good transparency but average […]
SUNSPOT MONITORING – OCTOBER 6, 2021
Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, October 6, 2021. The sky was mostly clear with light to moderate breeze (fresh upper-level winds) which provided good transparency but average to poor seeing at the time these images were taken. Solar activity is at very low levels over the past 24 hours. AR2880 (Cso/beta) continues to […]
SUNSPOT MONITORING – OCTOBER 7, 2021
Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, October 7, 2021. The sky was mostly clear with light to moderate breeze which provided good transparency but average seeing at the time these images were taken. Solar activity is at very low levels over the past 24 hours. AR2880 (Axx/alpha) continues to gradually decay in structure while […]
SUNSPOT MONITORING – OCTOBER 8, 2021
Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, October 8, 2021. The sky was clear with moderate to fresh breeze which provided good transparency but average seeing at the time these images were taken. Solar activity is at very low levels over the past 24 hours. AR2880 has completely decayed in structure. On the other hand, […]
SUNSPOT MONITORING – OCTOBER 11, 2021
Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, October 11, 2021. The sky was clear with moderate breeze which provided good transparency but average seeing at the time these images were taken. Solar activity is at low levels over the past 24 hours. The lone visible large sunspot group AR2882 (Dho/beta) exhibited some penumbral decay of its […]
SUNSPOT MONITORING – OCTOBER 12, 2021
Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, October 12, 2021. The sky was clear with light breeze (but strong upper-level winds) which provided good transparency but poor seeing at the time these images were taken. Solar activity is at very low levels over the past 24 hours. The lone visible large sunspot group AR2882 (Cho/beta) continues […]
ASTEROID FLORENCE CLOSE FLY-BY
On the evening of September 1, 2017, Al Sadeem Astronomy (ASA) Observatory observed the closest flyby of asteroid 3122 Florence. The asteroid was sighted and captured through the observatory’s 16” Meade LX850 Compound Telescope and a typical DSLR camera. At the time of capture, this relatively huge asteroid (about 4.5km wide) was seen travelling across […]
ASTEROID 2012 TC4 CLOSE FLY-BY
On October 11-12, 2017, a tiny near-Earth object (NEO) swept very close to Earth. Designated with the name 2012 TC4, this 15-30 meter wide asteroid (comparable to the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor) flew by nearEarth at around 11% the Earth-Moon distance. Specifically, it made its close encounter with Earth at about 44,000 kilometers above Antarctica at […]
