2009 Eclipse - Bruce Berger

(click image to view & discuss)	Sunspot 1024 - pre-trip practice Sunspot 1024 has at least a dozen individual dark cores and it is crackling with B-class solar flares. The magnetic polarity of sunspot 1024 identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Its rapid emergence continues the recent (few-month) trend of intensifying new-cycle activity. This sunspot is the best offering yet from the young solar cycle. July 4th, 2009, 17:49EST, Canon XSi/450D, 1/320s, ISO 100, Baader Visual Solar filter, Stellarvue 80x480mm, Televue 2X PowerMate. Submitted by Bruce Berger on 07/05/2009 12:20:37
(click image to view & discuss)	Me on the bow of the Costa Classica on eclipse evening Babak Tafreshi & I 'shot' each other looking at the all sky Milky Way from the bow of the Costa Classica about 1800km southeast of Japan. Submitted by Bruce Berger on 08/01/2009 19:30:57
(click image to view & discuss)	Babak Tafreshi under the Milky Way Babak Tafreshi & I 'shot' each other looking at the all sky Milky Way from the bow of the Costa Classica about 1800km southeast of Japan. Submitted by Bruce Berger on 08/01/2009 19:31:50