THE SOLAR ROTATION REPORT
ISSUED ROTATION DURING ROTATION 1953




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.

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ROTATION REPORT 1953 Contaning data to June 1, 1999. Prepared by Richard Hill & Alyson Hill _______________________________________________________________ Hardcopy observations : yr mo dy UT who object res. type rot'n notes (") 1998 12 19 **** BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1944 1998 12 28 2145 REH 2 ARs 3-5 w.l.dwg. 1944 AR 8416/19 1998 02 15 1645 BLW disk 10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 02 16 1345 BLW disk 10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 02 17 2100 BLW disk 10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 02 19 2033 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 02 19 2033 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 02 20 1903 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 02 21 1633 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 03 05 2157 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 03 05 2220 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1998 03 05 2220 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1946 1999 03 07 1613 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 08 2016 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 10 1700 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 11 2116 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 12 2100 ??? disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 12 2116 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 14 1755 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 15 1625 BMC disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 15 2115 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 15 2047 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 17 1710 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 18 2003 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 19 1700 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 19 2120 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 20 1431 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 20 1847 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 21 2012 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 23 1950 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 24 2040 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 25 1740 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 26 1646 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 26 1940 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 27 1536 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 28 1410 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 28 1743 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 29 2217 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 30 2042 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 30 2136 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 31 1603 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 03 31 2124 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 04 02 1602 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 04 03 1600 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 04 03 1803 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1947 1999 04 04 1542 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 05 1857 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 05 2034 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 06 1753 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 06 2033 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 07 1542 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 07 2125 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 08 1441 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 08 2053 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 10 1235 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 10 1437 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 11 1515 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 11 1655 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 11 1838 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 12 1705 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 12 2117 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 12 1643 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 13 1804 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 13 2027 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 14 1459 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 14 2031 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 15 1457 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 16 2039 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 17 1641 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 18 1547 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 18 2040 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 19 1605 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 20 1425 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 21 1457 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 22 1433 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 23 1551 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 25 1425 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 25 1749 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 26 1424 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 27 1337 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 27 1435 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 28 1441 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 29 1817 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 30 1530 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 04 30 2013 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1948 1999 05 01 ???? RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 02 1454 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 02 2147 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 03 1423 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 03 2050 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 04 1416 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 04 ???? RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 05 1444 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 06 1437 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 07 1441 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 07 2220 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 08 1607 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 08 1813 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 09 1601 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 09 1741 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 09 2343 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 10 1521 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 10 2022 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 10 2205 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 11 1414 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 11 2021 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 12 1508 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 13 1601 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 13 2211 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 14 1434 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 14 2001 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 15 1339 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 15 1439 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 16 1510 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 17 1522 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 16 1550 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 17 2126 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 18 1425 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 18 1437 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 19 2012 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 20 1428 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 21 1522 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 21 2032 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 22 1306 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 22 1306 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 22 1636 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 23 1346 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 23 1445 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 24 1446 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 25 1414 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 26 1336 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 26 1422 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 27 1956 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 27 2022 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1949 1999 05 28 1513 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 28 2023 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 29 1343 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 29 1505 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 30 1216 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 30 1509 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 31 1345 BCD disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 31 1400 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 05 31 1747 RAM disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 01 1402 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 02 1558 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 03 1431 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 04 1407 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 05 1427 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 06 1518 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 07 1410 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 08 1344 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 09 1529 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 10 1507 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 11 1620 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 13 1619 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 1999 06 14 1557 ELR disk 5-10 w.l.dwg. 1950 Digital images: yr mo dy UT who object res. type rot'n notes (") 1997 09 14 1342 ARW AR8085 1" w.l. 1927 1997 10 12 1322 ARW AR8093 1" w.l. 1928 1998 05 03 1603 ARW AR8210 1" w.l. 1935 1998 06 20 1354 ARW AR8243 1" w.l. 1937 1998 07 05 1315 ARW AR8264 1" w.l. 1937 1998 07 05 2010 ARW AR8263 1" w.l. 1937 1998 07 25 1829 ARW AR8282 1" w.l. 1938 1998 07 25 1906 ARW AR8280 1" w.l. 1938 1998 08 02 1255 ARW AR8280 1" w.l. 1939 1998 08 15 1345 ARW AR8299 1" w.l. 1939 1998 08 22 1428 ARW AR8307 1" w.l. 1939 1998 08 23 1742 ARW AR8307 1" w.l. 1939 1998 08 30 1353 ARW AR8323 1" w.l. 1940 1998 08 30 1358 ARW AR8319 1" w.l. 1940 1998 09 05 1404 ARW AR8323 1" w.l. 1940 1998 11 28 1618 GOG proms 2-3" w.l. 1943 NE limb ? 1998 12 19 1245 JOP 3 ARs 3" w.l. 1944 1998 12 19 1245 JOP 3 ARs 3" w.l. 1944 NE limb on globe 1999 01 17 1437 ARW AR8439 1" w.l. 1945 1999 02 15 1546 ARW AR8458 1" w.l. 1945 1999 02 20 1000 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 on globe 1999 02 20 1000 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 02 20 1215 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 on globe 1999 02 20 1215 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 02 24 0940 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 02 24 1941 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1946 NE limb ? 1999 02 25 1846 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1946 W limb ? 1999 02 26 0940 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 02 26 2023 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1946 W limb ? 1999 02 27 0940 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 02 27 1356 ARW AR8471 1" w.l. 1946 1999 02 27 1358 ARW AR8471 1" w.l. 1946 1999 03 02 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 on globe 1999 03 02 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 03 02 2143 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1946 NE limb ? 1999 03 03 1055 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 03 05 1215 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 on globe 1999 03 05 1215 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 03 06 1809 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 03 07 1300 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 on globe 1999 03 07 1300 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1946 close ups 1999 03 09 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 on globe 1999 03 09 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 09 2044 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 NW limb ? 1999 03 11 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 on globe 1999 03 11 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 13 1000 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 on globe 1999 03 13 1000 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 14 1130 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 on globe 1999 03 14 1130 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 14 1300 JOP AR8485 3" w.l. 1947 study of AR8485 1999 03 16 2358 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 NW limb ? 1999 03 17 0004 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 NE limb ? 1999 03 17 2238 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 W limb ? 1999 03 18 0945 JOP 4 ARs 3" w.l. 1947 ARs 8485,8487,8488 & 8490 1999 03 18 1800 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 on globe 1999 03 18 1800 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 18 * JOP AR8485 3" w.l. 1947 study of AR8485 @ 0945 & 1800UT 1999 03 18 1905 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 N limb ? 1999 03 19 0945 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 on globe 1999 03 19 0945 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 19 1902 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 N limb ? 1999 03 20 1000 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 21 ? ? disk 5-10" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 21 1922 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 W limb ? 1999 03 22 1900 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 W limb ? 1999 03 23 1445 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 23 2231 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 N limb ? 1999 03 24 2228 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 N limb ? 1999 03 26 1800 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 26 2258 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 N limb ? 1999 03 27 1045 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 28 1030 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 29 1100 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 29 1610 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 29 -- JOP AR8502 3" w.l. 1947 study of AR8502 1100 & 1610 UT 1999 03 30 1535 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 31 0855 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 03 31 -- JOP AR8502 3" w.l. 1947 3 day study of AR8502 1999 04 01 1420 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 04 02 1215 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 04 02 1945 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1947 NN limb ? 1999 04 02 1215 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 04 03 1100 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 close ups 1999 04 03 1100 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1947 on globe 1999 04 03 1641 ARW AR8506 1-2" w.l. 1947 1999 04 04 1125 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 04 1408 ARW AR8506 1-2 w.l. 1948 1999 04 05 1355 JOP all ARs 5-10" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 05 2002 DOH proms 5-10" w.l. 1948 NE limb? 1999 04 06 1000 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 06 1000 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 on globe 1999 04 06 1000 JOP AR8508 3" w.l. 1948 study of region to E of AR8508 1999 04 06 1000 JOP AR8508 3" w.l. 1948 study of AR8508 1999 04 09 1115 JOP all ARs 3-5" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 09 1535 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 on globe 1999 04 09 1535 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 10 1600 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 on globe 1999 04 10 1600 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 10 1809 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 NE limb ? 1999 04 11 1725 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 on globe 1999 04 11 1725 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 12 1100 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 12 2345 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 NW limb ? 1999 04 13 2149 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 NW limb ? 1999 04 14 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 on globe 1999 04 14 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 14 1949 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 NW limb ? 1999 04 15 2037 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 SW limb ? 1999 04 16 1500 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 16 2008 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 NW limb ? 1999 04 17 1615 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 17 1648 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 NW limb ? 1999 04 18 1350 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 on globe 1999 04 18 1350 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 18 1809 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 NE limb ? 1999 04 21 0845 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 22 1904 ARW AR 8518 1" w.l. 1948 1999 04 22 1625 JOP AR 8518 5" w.l. 1948 1999 04 24 1045 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 25 1100 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 25 1437 GOG AR 8522 1-2" H-a 1948 1999 04 25 1449 GOG AR 8518 1-2" H-a 1948 1999 04 25 1859 DOH proms 2-3" w.l. 1948 E limb ? 1999 04 26 0815 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 27 0815 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 28 1200 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 -- ---- JOP see note 3" w.l. 1948 study of ARs 8522 & 24 over previous 5 days 1999 04 29 1600 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 04 30 1145 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1948 close ups 1999 05 01 1650 JLJ 2 ARs 3" w.l. 1949 ARs 8535/8541 1999 05 01 0915 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 02 1245 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 02 1614 GOG AR 8525 1-2" H-a 1949 1999 05 02 2005 JLJ 2 ARs 3" w.l. 1949 AR8535 & 8541 1999 05 04 0745 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 05 1145 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 06 0745 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 06 1630 JOP many ARs 3" w.l. 1949 "faculae and sunspots near east limb 1999 05 06 1630 JOP hemis. 3" w.l. 1949 east hemis. 1999 05 06 1630 JOP 3 ARs 3" w.l. 1949 ARs not identified 1999 05 07 1330 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 07 1800 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 07 1648 BCD ?? 5-10" H-a 1949 1999 05 07 1654 BCD disk >10" H-a 1949 1999 05 07 1657 BCD ?? 5-10" H-a 1949 1999 05 07 ** BCD all ARs 5" w.l. 1949 ** between 1700 & 1900 UT 1999 05 09 1318 ARW AR8535 1" w.l. 1949 1999 05 09 1448 GOG AR 8537 3-4" H-a 1948 1999 05 10 1725 JLJ 2 ARs 1-2" w.l. 1949 AR8535 & 8541 1999 05 11 1615 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 12 1015 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 12 1015 JOP AR8535 3" w.l. 1949 close up study of AR 1999 05 12 1415 JLJ 2 ARs 1-2" w.l. 1949 AR8535 & 8541 1999 05 12 1430 JLJ AR8535 1-2" w.l. 1949 1999 05 13 0830 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 14 1015 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 14 1815 JOP 2 ARs 3" w.l. 1949 8435 & unident. on limb 1999 05 ** ** JOP AR8535 3" w.l. 1949 evolution from 05/12-14 1999 05 15 1030 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 16 1430 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 17 0830 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 18 0730 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 19 1530 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 20 0915 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 21 0745 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 21 1205 ARW AR8544 1" w.l. 1949 1999 05 21 1218 ARW AR8548 1" w.l. 1949 1999 05 21 1237 ARW AR8550 1" w.l. 1949 1999 05 22 0935 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 ** ** JOP AR8545 3" w.l. 1949 study from 05/15-22 1999 05 23 1910 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 24 1050 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 24 1509 BCD AR8545 5-10" H-a 1949 1999 05 24 1517 BCD AR8545 5-10" H-a 1949 1999 05 24 1536 BCD AR8550 5-10" H-a 1949 1999 05 25 1325 BCD AR8550 5" w.l. 1949 1999 05 25 1525 JLJ AR8545 1-2" w.l. 1949 1999 05 25 1530 JLJ AR8550 1-2" w.l. 1949 1999 05 25 1540 JLJ AR8552 1-2" w.l. 1949 1999 05 25 1730 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 25 1720 BCD AR8550 5" w.l. 1949 1999 05 26 1610 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 ** ** JOP AR8545 3" w.l. 1949 study from 05/15-26 1999 05 26 1610 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 ** ** JOP AR8552 3" w.l. 1949 study from 05/24-27 1999 05 27 1505 JLJ 4 ARs 2-3" w.l. 1949 east hemis. 1999 05 27 1510 JLJ AR8552 1-2" w.l. 1949 1999 05 28 0900 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1949 close ups 1999 05 29 1242 ARW 4 ARs 1-2" w.l. 1950 AR 8552,8554,8559,8561 1999 05 29 1454 GOG AR 8552 1-2" H-a 1950 1999 05 29 1527 GOG AR 8557 1-2" H-a 1950 1999 05 29 1546 GOG AR 8558 1-2" H-a 1950 1999 05 29 1559 GOG limb 3-4" H-a 1950 proms. west limb 1999 05 29 1604 GOG AR 8558 1-2" H-a 1950 1999 05 29 1800 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1950 close ups 1999 05 30 1430 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1950 close ups 1999 05 30 1418 ARW AR8558 1" w.l. 1950 1999 05 30 2046 ARW AR8558 1" w.l. 1950 1999 05 31 0830 JOP all ARs 3" w.l. 1950 close ups 1999 05 31 1333 ARW AR8558 1" w.l. 1950 1999 05 31 1337 ARW 3 ARs 1" w.l. 1950 AR8552,8554,8559 The observers: BBR Brenda Branchett - 8 in. Sch.-Cass. DBR David Branchett - 8 in. Sch.-Cass. PHB Paul Bock - 127mm refractor. BCD Brian Cudnick - 4.5 in. Rfl. 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). DOH Doug Hansen with 58mm f/30 rfr REH Richard Hill using a 6 in. solar reflector(visual), C5 (video). JLJ Jamey L. Jenkins - 125mm refractor. DAL Daniel Louderback - 80mm refractor RAM Randy Morris - 4.5" reflector 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 ELR Ed L. Reed - 20cm Sch-Cass JFS Jeffery Sandel - ?? GMS G.M.Stewart - 130mm rfr, f/16 RTM Randy Tatum-7 in. Refractor stopped to 3.5 in with Daystar 0.5 Angstrom filter or white light. BLW Billy L. Walker - 4 in. Rfl. ARW Art Whipple - 11.5cm Rfr. Abbreviations: Pho. - photo Dwg. - drawing H.a. - Hydrogen Alpha filter. hemis.- hemisphere or semi-disk Disk - whole disk observation Prom - prominence (plural = proms) w.l. - White Light WLF - White Light Flare Rotation Report 1953 News Notes First and foremost, congratulations to all Assistant Coordinators in the Solar Section. At the Board Meeting of the A.L.P.O. in July, they were all unanimously confirmed. Well done and well deserved! I want to call your attention to our HELP WANTED sign on the main Solar Section page. We are serious about this. The Solar Section has a position for an archivist. If you want to join in, check out the advertisement. We have had two people inquire but neither felt the job was for them. One had to turn it down because it involved more time than he could devote. The other didn't like the pay scale! (There isn't one...there isn't any pay!) If you subscribe to the list SolNet, superbly run by Asst. Coordinator Jeff Medkeff, then you know how it is now a formal list. This has taken a load off this Coordinator and it may now be possible to catch up on the activity summaries. The one for 1994/95 just went to Dr. John Westfall for inclusion in the Strolling Astronomer. Starting in a week or two another Rotation Report will be produced, taking much less time than the last one, and then the next activity summariy will be written. These summaries will now start to get more involved as the next one will include the first digital images and more of the video. Speaking of video, if you do this kind of work, PLEASE make sure that you have time signals on the audio track. The people I have talked to that may be potential users of this data stress that time to the second, especially of flares, is critical to their work. There was no video listed on this RR but there will be on the next. Sunny Skies! -Rik ALPO Solar Section Staff Coordinator Richard Hill Lunar & Planetary Lab Univ. of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 rhill@lpl.arizona.edu Asst. Coordinator Jeff Medkeff Asst. Coordinator Gordon Garcia Asst. Coordinator Jeffery Sandel