Hercules A

Hercules A
Radio-Optical View of the Galaxy Hercules A - Many thanks to: NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Correlation between Chinotti and STEREO Observatories February 25 2010

Radio Sky Pipe chart published by Sandro Chinotti, recorded from his Switzerland Radio JOVE Observatory, showing a solar event starting near 1413 UT.


Details of the STEREO WAVES Behind spectrum showing type III bursts near 1413 UT. Pixels are spaced at one minute intervals.

Many thanks to Sandro.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Pulse at Parkes observing session February 22 2010

Pulse at Parkes is an innovative project that provides high school students the opportunity to observe pulsars with the Parkes radio telescope, shown above. Click image for enlargement.
Muswellbrook High School observed on February 22.


Duncraig Senior High School Students and Faculty observing during a previous Pulse at Parkes session.


Pulsar J0437-4715 profile observed February 22 2010. This pulsar is part of the high priority Pulsar Timing Array project.

Many thanks to George Hobbs and Robert Hollow.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Solar activity and Io-D arc February 22 2010


Details from the STEREO WAVES spectrum near 8 UT.


Map of the Io Phase versus the Jovian Central Meridian Longitude.
This Map was coded by Junpei Azuma, Imai Laboratory, Kochi National College of Technology, Japan.

See also the Io-D arc February 9 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Non-Io-A arc February 18, 2010

Detail above from the STEREO WAVES Behind spectrum near 10 UT.

Map of the Io Phase versus the Jovian Central Meridian Longitude.
This Map was coded by Junpei Azuma, Imai Laboratory, Kochi National College of Technology, Japan.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Solar activity February 12 2010

Near 12 UT

Near 17 UT

Details from the February 12 STEREO WAVES spectrum

Friday, February 12, 2010

Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Solar Dynamics Observatory has been launched

February 11 launch
Science operations will start in April 2010

This is an 800 million dollar mission
Full time downlink to two dedicated 16 meter dishes in New Mexico
150 Mbps downlink speed

Solar Dynamics Observatory at Goddard Space Flight Center

Instrument pages:
Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, Stanford University
1 arcsecond resolution, full disk doppler velocity every 50 seconds
1 arcsecond resolution, full disk vector magnetic images every 90 seconds

Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, Lockheed Martin Solar Astrophysics Laboratory
1 arcsecond resolution images with multiple filters, every 10 seconds or better

Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, University of Colorado
Several extreme ultraviolet spectrographs recording spectra every 20 seconds

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Solar activity February 7-8

Detail from February 7 STEREO WAVES spectrum.

Detail from February 7 STEREO WAVES spectrum.

Detail from February 8 STEREO WAVES spectrum.
Many thanks to the SWAVES Instrument Team.

February 7 M6 flare from region 11045

February 8 C6 flare from region 11045

Monday, February 8, 2010

Solar activity February 6

Detail from STEREO WAVES spectrum

Detail from HINODE X-ray telescope image: B9 flare from region 11045

Friday, February 5, 2010

Solar activity February 5

The GOES 14 X-ray flux has increased today

STEREO Behind shows several possible active regions developing

Two type III bursts near 22 UT.
Many thanks to the Observatory Teams.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

2007 Jovian activity published in the Radio Jove Archive

The Radio Jove Archive shows entries for 24 days in 2007, from January to August. The Calendar above shows the 6 active days in April, one of the two most active months in the year.

John H. Thomas, W3FAF Radio Observatory, recorded an Io-C event on April 12. His Log notes he was using a 6 element tracking Yagi, with an Icom IC R75 receiver tuned to 20.92 MHz.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Solar activity January 30 and February 1

STEREO WAVES Behind recorded the type III radio bursts shown in the detail above, January 30 near 15 to 19 UT.

Detail of active region 11043, from an H alfa image (Kanzelhoehe Observatory), posted by Solar Monitor