Feb. 22nd

More observations! Today, Ali and I have discovered that we could use the telescope to view the outside from inside, by looking through the see-through glass door (if that makes sense). Overall, we are using the telescope inside the science building to look outside at the sun. This will save us from the cold.

At 1:45pm, we saw a large prominence (the triangle looking shape on the sun's surface) on top of the sun (at the 12 o'clock position). There was also one sunspot on the left side of the sun (10 o'clock), a line of sun spots on the right side of the sun (2 o'clock), and a smaller prominence on the lower left side of the sun (7 o'clock).

At 1:50pm, the prominence at the top of the sun is still seen as almost a flare out of the sun's surface. Also, the sunspot on the left side and line of sunspots of the right side are still seen. There is another line of sunspots, right next to the right side line from before, that is now present.

At 1:55pm, 3 solar flare areas are now seen. The first solar flare is located at the bottom of the sun (6 o'clock) and is moving in a downward, repetitive motion, like a weather map. The second flare is located on the right side of the sun (3 o'clock) and appears to be moving upward in a repetitive motion. Lastly, the third flare is next to the second flare, but more inward towards the center of the sun, and is moving downward.

We would have observed more, but we were rudely kicked out of our observing location by two maintainers who wanted to clean the floors. So, we went back down stairs and finished the introduction, as well as a paragraph about the sun's magnetic field and how solar flares affect Earth's economy between flight route changes with cost more in gas money, and power outages due to over stimulated circuits.