Beautiful Sunset

#VRTWEER Beautiful Sunset #Averbode with in the background my weatherstation WMR200.

Huge Sunspot AR2665

Since a couple of days and also next week, a very huge Sunspot (AR2665) is visible on the sun's surface. The spot is as big as 10x earth, which is about 120.000 km end to end. The spot is also responsible for some activity and resulted already in a M1.3 flare.

The picture below was taken when the sun was covered with a lot of clouds. Hopefully the next days it will be better to photograph the spot.

Moon 99%

Almost full moon.

Noctilucent Clouds #NLC

The last couple of days it was possible to see noctilucent clouds above northern Europe and even in Belgium. The following night we will have a clear sky in Belgium, so who knows and with some luck we can observe the #NLC.  The Leipniz Institute has a radar installed to track NLC. See this link. This can help to plan your observations. Good Luck !

Great Edition of Sun Observation Day

This year was again a great edition of the Sun Observation Days. Astronomy club Helios was present at "Het Moment" in Averbode with four telescopes of which 2 Dobsons, one refractor and one Lunt Solartelescoop. A couple of hundred people did visit us and looked at the sun and questioning many questions.

Vandaag Zonnekijkdag in Het Moment Averbode

Vandaag kan je vanaf 14h in Het Moment te Averbode terecht om naar de zon te kijken. Met speciale filters en telescopen kun je zelf de zon op een veilige manier ontdekken. Leer meer over zonnevlekken en wie weet zie je zelf wel een zonnevlam. Leden van sterrenclub Helios zullen in de namiddag aanwezig en zullen graag een woordje uitleg geven.
Klik hier voor link naar zonnekijkdag.

June Weather Summary

June 2017 was average 3°C warmer then 2014, 2015 and 2016. Rainfall and raindays was the same as in years 2014 and 2015.