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Solar Observations: August 2021
By Monty Leventhal OAM IN SUMMARY Summing up, sunspot activity for solar cycle 25 has remained very low with Prominences & Filaments...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Sep 6, 20213 min read


Solar Observations: March 2021
The Sun is an important area of research. The European Space Agency launched the Solar Orbiter Mission which is returning images of the...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Apr 19, 20212 min read


Solar observations: Jan and Feb 2021
We all hoped that 2021 would start with solar activity to observe and get excited about. Monty Leventhal is a dedicated solar observer,...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Mar 30, 20212 min read


Solar Observations: September 2020
Monty's Solar observations : we now appear to be in deep minimum!
Monty Leventhal OAM
Oct 6, 20202 min read


Solar observations: August 2020
For the month of August 2020 Sunspot activity was quite low during my observations with only five spot groups observed, most were single...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Sep 4, 20202 min read


In this month: September
Every month Elizabeth Cocking, long time member of Sydney City Skywatchers and current secretary, researches interesting historical...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 31, 20203 min read


Solar Observations: January 2020
Sunspot activity for the month of January remained extremely low however, on the 3rd January a single Axx spot was observed of the new...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Feb 5, 20201 min read


Annular Solar Eclipse of 26 Dec 2019
On Boxing day this year there will be an annular eclipse which will be a surprise to many. Even though I am a keen amateur astronomer,...
George Mavrocordatos
Nov 23, 20191 min read


Solar observations: October 2019
Sunspot activity on the Sun is now proving to be very rare as the Solar Cycle 24 is now at minimum. Not one Sunspot was observed by me...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Nov 15, 20192 min read


Solar observations: September 2019
Sunspot activity for the month of September remained extremely low however, on the 1st September two very small Bxi spots were observed...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Oct 14, 20191 min read
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