The ROTATION REPORT is the newsletter of the ALPO Solar Section with
the primary function of promulgating the observations of the Section
members to the professional community as well as other observers. It's
secondary purpose is to bind our community of amateur solar astronomers
together with news notes and other solar information.
If you are a professional researcher and need the data listed here
contact: Richard Hill, Lunar & Planetary Lab., University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721 or email me at
rhill@lpl.arizona.edu There is no
charge for use of the data, only the request that the Section be
acknowledged as well as the individual observer. Of course contributions
to help defray mailing costs are always welcome.
All individual observers are listed below the data list. This
is done not only to give public recognition to these observers, but to
aid the professional in attributing credit.
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U.T. Date Time who Type Res. Pho/Dwg Rot'n A.R. Notes
1996 06 29 1504 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-Ha 1912
1989 08 02 0605 JFS Disk 3-5" Dwg 1818
1989 08 03 0605 JFS Disk 3-5" Dwg 1818
1989 08 04 0610 JFS Disk 3-5" Dwg 1818
1989 08 05 0610 JFS Disk 3-5" Dwg 1818
1989 08 06 0610 JFS Disk 3-5" Dwg 1818
1989 08 07 0605 JFS Disk 3-5" Dwg 1818
1997 03 03 0130 MDT Disk 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 03 0130 MDT AR 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 04 0145 MDT Disk 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 04 0145 MDT AR 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 10 0030 MDT Disk 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 10 0030 MDT AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 11 2250 MDT Disk 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 11 2250 MDT AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 13 2215 MDT Disk 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 13 2215 MDT AR ?? 3-5" Dwg 1920
1997 03 20 2300 MDT Disk 3-5" Dwg 1921
1997 03 20 2300 MDT AR 3-5" Dwg 1921
1997 03 21 1915 MDT Disk 3-5" Dwg 1921
1997 03 21 1915 MDT AR 3-5" Dwg 1921
1997 08 07 1530 JLJ AR?? 1" Pho-WL 1925
1997 08 25 1600 JLJ AR?? 1" Pho-WL 1926
1997 09 06 1530 JLJ AR 8083 1" Pho-WL 1926
1997 09 11 1530 JLJ AR 8083 1" Pho-WL 1927
1997 09 12 1540 JLJ AR 8083 1" Pho-WL 1927
1997 09 12 1545 JLJ AR 8085? 1" Pho-WL 1927
1997 09 18 1430 JLJ AR 8083 1" Pho-WL 1927
1998 02 26 1536 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-WL 1933
1998 02 26 1730 PHB Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933-during eclipse
1998 02 26 1731 WMD Disk 5-10" Pho 1933-during eclipse
1998 02 26 1812 WMD Disk 5-10" Pho 1933-during eclipse
1998 03 01 1558 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 02 2204 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 03 2153 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 04 2115 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 05 2045 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 07 1539 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 08 1316 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 09 2125 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 10 2115 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 11 1745 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 12 2118 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 13 1600 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 15 1332 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 16 2147 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 17 2110 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 21 1532 GOG AR 8179 <1" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 21 1536 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 21 1656 GOG Disk 3-5" Pho-Ha 1934-limb proms.
1998 03 21 2116 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 03 22 1630 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 22 2038 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 23 2203 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1997 03 24 1645 JLJ AR?? <1" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 24 2154 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 25 2140 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 26 2240 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 27 2113 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 28 1812 PHB Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 03 28 2245 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 29 1220 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 29 1505 GOG Disk 2" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 29 1508 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 29 1508 GOG AR 8185 1" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 28 1812 PHB Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 03 28 1812 PHB AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 30 2151 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 03 31 2145 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 01 2118 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 02 1545 BBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 02 2114 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 03 2117 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 04 1402 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 04 1508 GOG AR 8193 2-3" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 04 1553 GOG AR 8190 2-3" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 04 1758 GOG Disk 3-5" Pho-Ha 1934
1998 04 04 2050 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 05 1209 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 05 1505 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 05 1729 GOG Disk 3-5" Pho-Ha 1934
1998 04 06 1315 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 06 1606 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 06 1913 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 06 2214 DBR Disk 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 07 2214 DBR AR 8190 3-5" Dwg 1934
1998 04 07 2110 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 08 2015 BBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 09 2225 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 10 2127 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 11 1227 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 11 1445 GOG AR 8194, 8195,8200 1" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 11 1518 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 11 1559 GOG AR 8194 1" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 11 1744 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-Ha 1934
1998 04 12 1350 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 12 1713 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 12 2100 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 13 2110 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 14 2139 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 15 2120 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 16 1515 BBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 16 2043 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 17 1530 BBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 17 2120 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 18 1157 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1934
1998 04 18 1602 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-Ha 1935
1998 04 19 1200 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 20 2112 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 21 1813 ROM Limb 3-5" Pho-Ha 1935
1998 04 21 1813 ROM Disk 3-5" Pho-Ha 1935-limb proms.
1998 04 21 2252 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 22 2010 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 23 2041 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 24 2113 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 25 1157 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 25 1827 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 25 2100 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 26 1804 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 27 2107 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 28 2152 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 29 1636 ROM AR 8210 1" Pho-WL 1935
1998 04 29 2134 DBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 04 30 1430 BBR Disk 5-10" Dwg 1935
1998 05 08 1347 GOG AR 8218 <1" Pho-WL 1935
1998 05 08 1347 GOG AR 8218 <1" Pho-WL 1935*
1998 05 08 1347 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-Ha 1935
1998 05 08 1404 GOG Disk 2-3" Pho-Ha 1935
1998 05 08 1347 GOG AR 8214 2-3" Pho-Ha 1935
1998 05 16 1404 GOG AR 8222 <1" Pho-WL 1936
1998 05 16 1433 GOG AR 8218 1" Pho-WL 1936
1998 05 16 1715 GOG AR 8218 2-3" Pho-WL 1936
1998 05 17 1614 GOG AR 8218 5" Pho-Ha 1936
1998 05 31 1523 GOG AR 8218 3-5" Pho-Ha 1936
*Printed to show internal umbral details.
Digital images:
1998 02 15 1912 GOG AR 8156 1" Pho-WL 1932
1998 02 20 0845 JOP AR ?? 3-5" Pho-WL 1933
1998 02 21 1535 JOP AR ?? 3-5" Pho-WL 1933
1998 02 21 1535 JOP AR ?? 3-5" Pho-WL 1933 close up
1998 03 03 0805 JOP AR ?? 3-5" Pho-WL 1933 0805 & 0815 UT
1998 03 04 1815 JOP AR ?? 3-5" Pho-WL 1933
1998 03 12 1430 JOP AR 8178&79 3-5" Pho-WL 1933
1998 03 12 1430 JOP AR 8178&79 3-5" Pho-WL 1933 close up
1998 03 12 1430 JOP AR 8178 3-5" Pho-WL 1933 intensity plot
1998 03 17 0920 JOP AR 8178? 3-5" Pho-WL 1933
1998 03 21 0819 JOP AR ?? 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 22 0915 JOP all ARs 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 22 0915 JOP all ARs 3-5" Pho-WL 1934 close up
1998 03 24 ?? ? Disk 5-10" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 24 ?? ? Disk 5-10" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 25 1400 JOP AR 8185 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 25 ?? ? AR 8185 3-5" Dwg-WL 1934
1998 03 26 1235 JOP AR 8185 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 26 1235-1305 JOP AR 8185 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 26 1734 JOP AR 8185 3-5" Dwg-WL 1934 flare?
1998 03 26 1535 MOL Disk 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 26 1536 MOL AR 8185 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 03 28 0845 JOP AR 8183&5 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 02 1000 JOP AR 8185&90 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 02 1005 JOP AR 8185&90 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 05 0915 JOP all ARs 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 05 1454-1500 JOP AR 8193 3-5" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 06 1634 MOL Disk 5-10" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 06 1708 MOL Disk 5-10" Pho-WL 1934
1998 04 10 1115 JOP all ARs 3-5" Pho-WL 1934 collage 1
1998 04 10 1115 JOP all ARs 3-5" Pho-WL 1934 collage 2
1998 04 19 0909 ? limb proms 3-5" Pho-Ha 1935 image #1
1998 04 19 0909 ? limb proms 3-5" Pho-Ha 1935 image #2
1998 04 19 0909 ? limb proms 3-5" Pho-Ha 1935 image #3
1998 04 21 1345 JOP AR 8205 3-5" Pho-WL 1935
1998 04 25 0930 JOP AR ?? 3-5" Pho-WL 1935
1998 04 27 1735 JOP AR 8210 3-5" Pho-WL 1935
1998 04 27 1735 JOP AR 8210 3-5" Pho-WL 1935 flare?
1998 04 28 1140 JOP AR 8210 3-5" Pho-WL 1935
1998 04 29 -- ? AR 8210 3-5" Pho-WL 1935
1998 04 29 -- ? AR 8210 3-5" Pho-Ha 1935
1998 04 29 1700-25 JOP AR 8210 3-5" Pho-WL 1935 collage
1998 02/14-02/20 JOP AR 8156 3-5" Pho-WL region summary
1998 03/12-03/17 JOP AR 8179 3-5" Pho-WL region summary
1998 03/22-04/01 JOP AR 8185 3-5" Pho-WL region summary
Video Observations:
yr mo dy UT who comments
1998 03 15 1530-1756 RTM (flare activity)
1998 03 29 1435-1450 RTM
1998 05 03 1358-1638 RTM H-alpha and white light.
1998 05 06 1406-1547 RTM
1998 05 15 1349-1434 RTM
1998 05 16 1355-1444 RTM
1998 05 16 1605-1609 RTM
Observations submitted on non-ALPO forms:
1998 01 10 1306 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1932
1998 01 11 1244 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1932 -two dwg. no ARs
idendified
1998 01 17 1253 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1932
1998 01 17 1300 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1932
1998 01 17 1303 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1932
1998 01 17 1356 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1932
1998 01 25 1259 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 01 25 1303 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 01 29 1214 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1933 -two dwg. no ARs
idendified
1998 01 29 1216 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1933 -two dwg. no ARs
idendified
1998 01 29 1219 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1933
1998 01 31 1213 DTN AR?? 3-5" Dwg 1933
White-Light Flare Patrol Observations:
1998 03 22 1745-1914 REH AR 8179
1998 04 13 2024-2241 REH AR 8194
The observers:
BBR Brenda Branchett - 8 in. Sch.-Cass.
DBR David Branchett - 8 in. Sch.-Cass.
PHB Paul Bock - 127mm refractor.
WMD William Dembowski - 4.25 in. reflector.
MDT Mike DeTraglia - 80mm refractor.
GOG Gordon Garcia using a f8 130mm refractor (stopped to 63mm
for H-alpha observations).
REH Richard Hill using a 6 in. solar reflector
JLJ Jamey L. Jenkins - 125mm refractor.
ROM Robert Morris -100mm refractor.
DTN Detlev Niechoy - 8 in. Sch.-Cass.
MOL Matt Oltersdorf - 11.4 cm reflector
JOP Joao Porto - ETX 90mm Maksutov
JFS Jeffery Sandel - ??
RTM Randy Tatum-7 in. Refractor stopped to 3.5 in with Daystar
0.5 Angstrom filter.
Abbreviations:
Pho - photo
Dwg - drawing
WL - white light
Ha - Hydrogen Alpha filter.
Ha-CL - Hydrogen Alpha filter on centerline.
Ha-2.5A - Hydrogen Alpha filter -2.5 Angstroms off
centerline in the blue wing.
Disk - whole disk observation
Prom - prominence
Rotation Report News Notes
for
Rotations 1936-38
This Rotation Report (RR) has seen a sudden large increase in
reported observations. We may soon be going back to the regular
publishing schedule if this keeps up. This increase has been
caused by the concomitant increase in solar activity.
In preparing this RR and the next Summary Report for the ALPO
Journal, there have been a number of difficulties encountered due
to information missing from the reported observations and/or use
of non-standard forms and formats in reporting. Many observations
are missing rotation numbers, SEC Active Region numbers (where
applicable) and telescope information. Several observer even
failed to put name and address on observations! It is VERY hard
to give proper credit to observations in such cases. When these
things are omitted from observations whomever is preparing the RR
or Summary must stop and try to glean this information from other
sources, often wasting hours of time in the process. So please do
try to use the forms available on our website, or send an SASE to
the Coordinator for a set of the forms from which you can copy
what you need. Also, try to fill in all the information you can.
The Carrington Rotation Numbers are now posted on the website and
a copy of these from 1981 through 1998 can be obtained from the
same Coordinator. Your help in these matters will greatly speed
up the preparation of these reports.
There are new categories of observations that now appear on the
RR. Video observations, now being reported regularly with good
timing information on the audio track, are now listed with the
times of the recordings posted. Also, this is the first RR with
White-Light Flare reports posted. If you have any of these,
please send them in soon. These observations are of a very timely
nature and need to be posted as soon as possible after
observations are made. The third new category are observations,
usually CCD, that are submitted via email or some other digital
form. Already these comprise a substantial portion of our
observations and this is likely to increase with time. If you are
making such observations and intend to report them in digital
form, I suggest that you scan in a copy of the appropriate report
form (Active Region or Whole Disk) and drop the images onto the
image of the report form. You can do this with any of the image
editing software extant (PhotoShop, PhotoStyler, PaintShop-Pro
etc.). Then the form can be filled out using the same software.
The whole thing can be saved as a single GIF, TIF, JPEG, JIF or
FITS image. This will keep the information and image together,
permanently. Right now we get some images separate from their
information, some without pertinent information, and some with
the information written across the images. Using the method above
(which is what I do for my ALPO Mars images) ensure the data will
stay with the image and that the images themselves will not be
harmed.
Sunny Skies!
-Rik
ALPO Solar Section Staff
Acting Coordinator
Richard Hill
Lunar & Planetary Lab.
Univ. of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
rhill@lpl.arizona.edu
Acting Asst. Coordinator
Jeff Medkeff
Jeff Medkeff
Rockland Observatory
3602 Trevino Drive
Sierra Vista, Arizona 85635-5262
medkeff@c2i2.com
Acting Asst. Coordinator
(Correspondence and new observers)
Gordon W. Garcia
340 Illinois Boulevard
Hoffman Estates, IL 60194-3319
gordg@megsinet.net
Acting Asst. Coordinator
(Solar Sect. Publications)
Jeffery Sandel
937 Michaelmas Ave.
Cayce, SC 29033
Asst. Coordinator - Eclipses
Francis G. Graham
P.O.Box 209
East Pittsburgh, PA 15112