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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


Solar Observations: August 2019
Coronal Holes were observed at the end of July, beginning of August by Space Weather.com - these are shown in the image above from NASA's...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Sep 30, 20192 min read


Solar Observations: July 2019
For the month of July, 2019 and during my 21 days of solar observations I did not see any Sunspot activity. The only activity that was...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Aug 14, 20191 min read


Solar Observations: June 2019
For the month of June, 2019, though solar activity was once again was still very low, a few Sunspot groups did appear. On June 1st the...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Jul 10, 20192 min read


Solar Observations: May 2019
For the month of May, 2019, though solar activity was once again was still very low, a few Sunspot groups did appear. A total of 24...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Jun 5, 20192 min read


Solar Observations: April 2019
At last...there was a bit more solar activity in April as reported by Monty Leventhal OAM from his balcony in Maroubra, a suburb of...
Monty Leventhal OAM
May 3, 20192 min read


Solar Observations: Dec 2018, Jan & Feb 2019
February 2019 For the month of February, 2019 it appeared to me that all Sunspot activity had ceased with all other activity remaining...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Mar 2, 20192 min read


Solar observations: September 2018
Each day, weather permitting, Monty Leventhal observes the Sun, our closest star, and records activity such as solar prominences, sun...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Oct 4, 20181 min read
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