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Solar Art Exhibition in Hawaii

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Deirdre KelleghanSeptember 20, 2019

Exhibition in Hawaii Some time ago a painting of mine won a prize in the My Sun My Star Contest. This was a solar art competition involving photographs, drawings and paintings inspired by the sun. The contest was run by The National Solar Observatory in Boulder Colorado. One of the aspects of the prize is that my painting X-Ray Sun (above) will go on exhibition . On Friday September 20th if you are in Hawaii (how exotic) one of my paintings and in addition one of my solar drawings will be on show. Since the prize came my way I was asked if another work of mine could be included in their exhibitions. NSO requested one of my solar drawings. That sketch it is called East Limb Proms. The venue is The University of Hawaii – Institute for Astronomy, it is on the island of Maui. The event is an open day … Continue reading →

Active Region 2546

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Deirdre KelleghanFebruary 20, 2018

Sketch of sunspot AR 2546 by Deirdre Kelleghan, May 15, 2016 1:25-2:30 UT. Sketch details 40mm PST, FL 400mm, 10mm eyepiece, 40X Pastels and Conte on black card. Bray Co Wicklow Ireland The image of the Sun below was taken at the same time as Deirdre’s sketch by cameras on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), an orbiting space telescope that watches the Sun continuously in multiple frequencies. -RJT AR2546 is very large, and the region has let off several C-class flares. Please Welcome our new Blogger: Deirdre Kelleghan! Deirdre is a well-known amateur astronomer in Ireland. She loves sketching astronomical objects, and doing astronomy outreach with children. -RJT. … Continue reading →

Christopher M. Graney January 23, 2020 at 5:52 pm on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #11: Flattening the fieldI mean... that would be really, really stupid.
Christopher M. Graney January 23, 2020 at 5:51 pm on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #11: Flattening the fieldOK, is this really true? Or just one of those tales that get told?
Br. Guy Consolmagno January 21, 2020 at 6:27 am on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #8: Red letter dayActually, in this case the mistake almost led to *not* making the discovery. And even when (as you say) discoveries are made "by mistake" it's still because someone bothered to look!
Brianne Ingraham January 20, 2020 at 10:45 am on Sabbatical Journey: What Would You Do With A 10 Week Sabbath?My favorite Arizona photography spots are the Painted Desert, the Meteor Crater, and Canyon de Chelly. I look forward to seeing your photos!
Joe Fabrizio January 20, 2020 at 8:25 am on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #8: Red letter dayGoes to show how many discoveries can be made by mistake.
Br. Guy Consolmagno January 16, 2020 at 3:33 pm on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #4: Keep CalmThe title is actually a play on the old Letterman feature "Stupid Pet Tricks" -- Nancy Lebofsky suggested it, and she and Larry have provided many of the incidents I will be reporting here. By the way, if anyone else has a story to tell, they should email me and...
Ed Yepez January 16, 2020 at 3:32 pm on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #4: Keep CalmFrom "Black Adder Goes Forth": Gen Melchett: It's a barren, desolate featureless desert out there! Cpt. Darling: The other side (of the map) sir. I just tell people that's it's a particularly dark night out, and quietly remove the lens cap as they look up at all the bright stars....
Steven Lanoux January 16, 2020 at 8:42 am on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #4: Keep CalmHaving enjoyed a Jesuit education myself, and knowing that Ph.D.s are not earned lightly, I assume that Brother Guy created an ambiguity intentionally. Positional analysis of the title of the articles implies that this is about "stupid astronomers," but we know that this is an oxymoron. Therefore the grammar is...
Bob Prokop January 16, 2020 at 7:39 am on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #4: Keep CalmI sympathize with that student. A couple of years ago, I couldn't understand one night why I wasn't seeing anything through my 90mm refractor. I finally realized that I had left the lens cap on.
Deirdre Kelleghan January 16, 2020 at 5:54 am on An asteroid with my name on itThank you BOB !!
Deirdre Kelleghan January 16, 2020 at 5:53 am on An asteroid with my name on itThank you very much :-)
Christopher M. Graney January 14, 2020 at 4:53 pm on Stupid Astronomer Tricks #2: The anti-terroristFor Readers who are not up on the way scientists talk about each other: Scientists break down loosely into two groups: “Theorists” and "Experimentalists". These two groups are famous for making jokes about each other -- especially the experimentalists making jokes about the theorists. The stereotype is that the theorist...
Christopher M. Graney January 11, 2020 at 2:35 pm on Johannes Kepler’s Harmony of the WorldThanks!
Richard Saam January 11, 2020 at 11:51 am on Johannes Kepler’s Harmony of the WorldChristopher Graney- Some of your Kepler perspectives have been further noted in a APS Jan 2020 Physics Today article: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4388 Johannes Keplers Pursuit of Harmony by Aviva Rothman – Department of History Case Western Reserve University Although Kepler is most known for his astronomical accomplishments, his theological/philosophical pursuits were more...
Bob Trembley January 6, 2020 at 3:29 am on Observing Asteroids at VATT, Part 2I MUST have mentioned that when it comes to astronomy, asteroids are pretty much RIGHT ON THE TOP of my list of interests. :) Do you know if these observations will be listed in the next Minor Planet Center circular? https://minorplanetcenter.net//iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
Richard Saam January 5, 2020 at 2:02 pm on The Quest and Questions of the MagiAdding to the astrophysical mechanisms for the Star of Bethlehem conventionally done by 'searched tables of conjunctions', recent sky surveys introduce another possibility: The star may have come into and out of visual contact during the Magi time frame. This seems scientifically possible in context of 'The Vanishing & Appearing...
Christopher M. Graney December 30, 2019 at 1:10 pm on Blaise Pascal: to God through MathThanks for the comments! And we will indeed continue in 2020.
Tracy Lunquist December 28, 2019 at 2:50 pm on Misplaced Obsessions: Understanding Why Christmas Is On December 25th.Obsessively focusing on solving the wrong problem seems to be basic to the human condition. I think we are also fond of having things to argue about. If we don't have anything of actual substance to argue about, or if our substantive disagreements are too scary, we'll invent inconsequential things...
Joe Fabrizio December 28, 2019 at 8:13 am on Blaise Pascal: to God through MathVery Interesting thoughts to chew on. Thank you.
Franca Gallucci December 28, 2019 at 7:00 am on Blaise Pascal: to God through MathThank you Christopher and VO team! How could this not be of interest to anyone who thinks and reflects and prays? I will try in 2020 to suggest that these posts be added to our Toronto archdiocese website, to our school board website, or at least to our parish website....

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Solar Art Exhibition in Hawaii

Active Region 2546

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Stupid Astronomer Tricks #11: Flattening the field

Stupid Astronomer Tricks #10: The dark side of the moon

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Stupid Astronomer Tricks #9: Life in Outer Spaces

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