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Sun (Sun, est. to be in Aries)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Mon Apr 14 15:45:00 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1909

This morning I observed the sun with my Sun Spotter Solar Telescope. There are four or five sunspot groups going all along the face of the sun. two of the groups, #2034 & 2035, are pretty impressive & they may send a CME our way. As always, I'm hoping for an aurora.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Feb 1 17:00:00 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1902

Today I observed the sun with my Sun Spotter Solar Telescope. There is a complex sunspot group AR 1967 which could send a CME in our direction during the next few days. Also a smaller sunspot group AR 1968 is just above 1967. It's possible 1968 will get bigger also.

Sun (Sun, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jun 6 01:30:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1881

This evening, my friends Dave, Joey, Mike, Cindy, Janice & I observed the Venus Transit with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. The overcast we had all day finally broke up & we all had a glorious view of the Venus Transit. We all noticed a white halo surrounding Venus which may or may not have been Venus' atmosphere. A big bonus was the sun containing about four sunspot groupings which alone was very impressive. We were all very impressed.

This afternoon I observed the sun with my Sunspooter Solar Telescope. A new sunspot group, #1176 has now appeared. It has already ejected a CME away from earth. Now it remains to be seen if it will send a CME towards Earth, hopefully creating a nice aurora.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Sat Sep 4 16:00:00 2010 UT Obs. no.: 1855

This Afternoon I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. I observed two sunspot groups, #1101 and #1105. #1101 is fading and it is about to rotate off the sun's face, but 1105 is a group of spots that seem to be developing. The bad news is this grouping is well past the midway point accross the sun's and it too will be rotating off the sun's face in a few days.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://www.joecaggiano.com)
Instrument: 80-mm refractor   Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Sat Mar 27 19:00:00 2010 UT   Obs. no.: 1849

Viewed sunspot # 1057 with my 80mm refractor and a solar filter. It actually consisted of 2 regions that had a bridge connecting them. I tried for some Cak (Calcium) wavelengths but the spots seemed rather docile with no detectable flares. I have posted a pic on my webpage.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Mon Feb 8 17:00:00 2010 UT Obs. no.: 1848

A little while ago I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Sunspot complex #1045 is a group of about six or seven sunspots strung out across the sun's face. It appears the sunspot group ejected a CME towards Earth and we have a chance of viewing northern lights this evening. Keep your fingers crossed.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Feb 1 16:30:00 2010 UT   Obs. no.: 1847

Yesterday morning, I observered the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Right now there is a small sunspot cluster #1043. It seems to contain two sunspots that do not pose a threat for CMEs. I'll be watching them to see if they grow.

Sun (Sun, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jul 7 13:00:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1826

This morning I observed the sun with my Sun Spotter Solar Telescope. A new sunspot group #1024 is now easily seen on the sun. In my scope I was able to see one large sunspot and one sunspot about half the size. This it the first sunspot I have observed this year. This sunspot group doesn't seem powerful enough to send out a CME which would cause auroras. We'll see.

I just finished observing the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. There is one small sunspot, #999 which is at the center of the sun's face. So far it has remained the same size for a few days now and I don't think it will grow into something interesting. Hopefully, the sun will start to become more active now.

Early this afternoon I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Two sunspot groups #987 and #988 just rotated onto the face of the sun. Sunspot #987 contains what appears to be two fairly large sunspots while #988 has a very large single sunspot. #987 rotated onto the sun a little ahead of #988. Acording to spaceweather.com these two sunspot groups are expected to grow and maybe send out CMEs. Hopefully this will result in auroras.

This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. The new sunspot #982 is now decaying. I cannot see it in my scope. The sun remains quiet.

This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. At the center of the sun's face is a group of sunspots #978. In this sunspot group is a fairly large sunspot and several small sunspots. So far it doesn't look like it will send CMEs our way causing auroras. I'm hoping this signals the end of the sun's quiet period.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.elanus.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Dec 1 21:06:00 2007 UT   Obs. no.: 1739

Testing the posting of an observation, since I apparently broke that functionality when moving servers recently. Apologies, all.

This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Still no sunspots. This solar minimum is starting to be a drag. Well anyway the sun will start to become more active next spring.

Early this afternoon I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Finally a new sunspot, #970, has emerged on the face of the sun. This rather small sunspot is already in the center of the sun's face. It looks like the sunspot is growing but I will have to look at it for the next two days to see if it is still growing.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Wed Sep 12 16:45:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1708

I just finished observing the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Our sun is now completely devoid of sunspots today. It's been more than a week since I last saw a sunspot on the sun. This means we still are at solar minimum.

I just finished observing the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. There is only one simple sunspot, #969, that is just past meridian. This sunspot does not look like it is going to grow or become complex. Our sun is still at solar minimum and I guess it will remain that way for a while longer.

Early this afternoon I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. There is a tiny sunspot group #966 which contains two very small sunspots. This group is just past the Sun's meridian and it doesn't look like they are about to grow.

This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. For the last several days the sun has shown no sunspots. The same is true today also. I guess we haven't pulled out of solar minimum yet.

This morning I observed Sunspot #963 with my sunspotter Solar Telescope. The sunspot group contains four sunspots, a large one, a medium one and two small sunspots. Spaceweather.com says the sunspot group is starting to decay and after I viewed the sunspot this morning, I had to agree. This means there is a much less chance for for the sunspot group to send a CME towards Earth causing an aurora. Oh well, maybe next time.

This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. A new sunspot, #961 has just appeared on the sun's eastern limb. It looks like it is just an ordinary sunspot and I don't expect CMEs to be ejected from it.

This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Impressive sunspot #960 may be starting to decay a bit. I noticed it doesn't look as impressive as it did before. However, the sunspot group has at least three large sunspots and several little sunspots in the group.

This Morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. A powerful sunspot group, #960, has emerged on the sun's eastern limb. I can see two large spots within the group and according to spaceweather.com this sunspot group should send CMEs towards earth hopefully causing auroras. Yesterday, I observed small sunspot #959 but today I can't see it so I think it decayed.

Sun (Sun)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Seeing: good
Time: Thu May 17 15:15:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1657

This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. There is a very interesting sunspot group, #956, that is approaching the sun's meridian. This sunspot group looks unstable and according to spaceweather.com this spot may unleash a CME and cause an aurora. I hope.

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