0.09 arcsecond resolution Solar images from Big Bear Lake Solar Observatory

The Big Bear Solar Observatory, operated by the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California, has obtained wonderful images with its adaptive optics system in the 1.6 meter aperture telescope:

http://www.cieletespace.fr/files/image_du_jour/011-03410-01high.jpg
http://www.bbso.njit.edu/
http://www.njit.edu/news/2010/2010-292.php
http://www.cieletespace.fr/node/5752

Strong type III burst at 16 MHz and C4.4 flare, on 100814 near 10 UT

There is a beautiful movie (171 angstrom wavelength) of the flare and CME.

Save and play this 1.3 MB file:

http://sdowww.lmsal.com/sdomedia/ssw/ssw_client/data/ssw_service_100814_072736_30420863/www/ssw_cutout_20100814_093001_aia_171_N02W40_20100814_093000_m.mpg

It is a short movie, you can use Windows Media Player with repeat on.


http://www.freelists.org/post/radioastro/Strong-type-III-burst-at-16-MHz-and-C44-flare-on-100814-near-10-UT

http://www.freelists.org/archive/radioastro

Top priority

The LSST has received the top priority for the next large ground based astronomical facility:

http://www.lsst.org/lsst/news

The big mirror for this 3200 megapixel "camera" is being lovingly built by Dean Ketelsen.
I saw it last December during the TAAA Newsletter Folding Party:
http://herrero-victor.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html

LSST headquarters are in Tucson.