Jan. 30th

This was the first day of real observation. After spending most of the time finding the sun, Ali and I, with the help of the professor, learned how to identify certain blemishes on the sun. We learned what a sunspot looks like, as well as a solar flare and prominence. Sun spots appear as black dots, while solar flares are these squiggled lines that move, almost like bacteria, and prominences look like triangels.

Seeing the sun for the first time was amazing. It was a beautiful orange and red color, one that I don't believe I have ever seen before. It was bright, but not that kind that hurts the eyes. It was exciting to see activity on the sun, and was a tough concept to comprehend that the image I saw through the telescope was an object in space so far away, better yet, the sun. It was unbelieveable.

Note:

First arrow = Line = Prominences

Second arrow = Solar Flares = Squiggles

Third arrow = dots = sunspots

Fourth arrow = This spot has 5 patches of sunspots in the area.

There is a lot of speckling.