journal of a space cowboy var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-2131117-3’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @alanfriedman)http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f93838102159bc0f821019000244cd3/tumblr_mmt916Bm7g1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Violet Violent Sun</strong></p> <p>Three X-class flares in the last 2 days… the sun is seething with activity in this first light view captured in the violet end of the visible spectrum. I can see almost nothing visually at the CaK wavelength (my eyes are too poor in sensitivity) but the camera does not have this problem. </p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/50451650603http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/50451650603Tue, 14 May 2013 18:55:54 -0400sunsolarsciencespaceastronomyphotographyartviolet<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1986a9fce8dff146956e63d3bd9f449a/tumblr_mmnakeIY5Y1r1dma9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ff3643be69d2c0d800d44bb08e4c8287/tumblr_mmnakeIY5Y1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mom</strong></p> <p>Two of my favorite photos of mom, circa 1960 in Rome and 2003 in Hampton Bays, NY. Lucille Friedman, 1926-2004. </p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/50180387232http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/50180387232Sat, 11 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400mommothers dayportraitsphotographyrome<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6f863f46e22e3d1e4c36b43243192356/tumblr_mmgnyozy0o1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Good Morning Star Shine</strong></p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49910576918http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49910576918Tue, 07 May 2013 23:49:35 -0400sunsolarspacescienceastronomyphotographyart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d62a49fc71d1b473491f0cc0365c9aea/tumblr_mmef5wDgVD1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our Active Star</p> <p>The sun is killing me! Too many beautiful days with too much to photograph and too little time to finish the pictures. Here is the sun from May 4th, sporting a plethora of active regions, highlighted by the large sunspot group in AR1734 near the center.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49806419987http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49806419987Mon, 06 May 2013 18:44:00 -0400sunstarsolarastronomyspacephotographyscienceart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c8b3531afdf5c1047418c09d64c9a69/tumblr_mmck2rr90E1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Hoot</strong></p> <p>Handsome sunspot region 1734… looking a little owlish in this orientation.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49724392249http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49724392249Sun, 05 May 2013 18:35:15 -0400sunsunspotspacescienceastronomyphotographysolar<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9c3873853c4f90e03b1f9c4dda865d0f/tumblr_mmc4nkOWgn1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/282e99fcd54fd1f580fccaa91ab2fa9b/tumblr_mmc4nkOWgn1r1dma9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Sun Live</strong></p> <p><span>Live view from inside my observatory tent… can you find the 3 suns? Yellow (colorized) is the sun now - a live video feed in the process of being recorded. Background is an older image that serves as my desktop picture. On the keyboard is a pinhole projection of the sun cast through a small hole in my observing cloth. Great day to be a sun worshipper in Buffalo!!</span></p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49697744395http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49697744395Sun, 05 May 2013 13:02:08 -0400sunsolarspacescienceastronomyvideo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/817f146ce12566b0e44971f38e26d3b1/tumblr_mm4yy8ePIW1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>May Day!</strong></p> <p>Mayday, Mayday… nice prom on the sun today!</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49380059187http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49380059187Wed, 01 May 2013 16:15:44 -0400sunspacesciencesolarprominenceastronomyphotographyart<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YM5HOZZjbi0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>WARNING</strong></p> <p>2 minutes 42 seconds of serenity… viewer discretion is advised.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49181941420http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49181941420Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:30:00 -0400sunsunsetmoviepeacephotographyspaceastronomy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3006c374a875905b26fbdec245f1b207/tumblr_mly4kldNdQ1r1dma9o1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Jupiter</strong></p> <p>Sometimes all you have is an iPhone and it is enough.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49061881222http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/49061881222Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:33:00 -0400artspacesciencejupiterplanetsiphonephotographyastronomy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/407493700a8d8cbc47c3f1b02b49da12/tumblr_mlvz7iD3ZU1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/chromosphere042613.html" target="_blank">Here</a></strong> is a quick unprocessed look through my solar telescope, <strong><a href="http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/little_big_man.html" target="_blank">Little Big Man</a></strong>, at how the chromosphere of the sun looked this morning.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/48963580720http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/48963580720Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:42:00 -0400artsunsolarspacescienceastronomyphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/77025f4ec6d6eb2f15ccd237d0ec32df/tumblr_mlqgii0jVf1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Clementine Sun</p> <p>Captured through a turbulent jet stream on a beautiful spring day in Buffalo, NY. Full size <a href="http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/clementine.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/48732668890http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/48732668890Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:11:06 -0400sunspacescienceastronomyphotographyart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8a5347f9e4d3c2000eaf2faac5001093/tumblr_mkhxqwigyI1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/75cec423b428363f4433944ac36d0ff2/tumblr_mkhxqwigyI1r1dma9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Easter Sun</strong></p> <p>A sleeping beauty, with a nice patch of prominences and a big new active region (bottom of the image) rotating into view. Full size images can be seen <a href="http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/sleeping_beauty.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<span><br/></span></p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/46709275973http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/46709275973Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:11:00 -0400eastersunastronomyphotographyastrophotographyspacescienceart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebfca9528eb25a928f2a6e39aee2513a/tumblr_mkacyc1abL1r1dma9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6d93334c170625650649b0ee6a6c8a4a/tumblr_mkacyc1abL1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>RayBanstagram</strong></p> <p>How the iPhone sees the world through the filter of my RayBan polarized sunglasses… unprocessed images. </p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/46361959757http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/46361959757Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:59:00 -0400photographyiPhoneInstagramRayBansartcloudsscience<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4438817ec23ad4386cbee0b22eb1c895/tumblr_mk7trz9zKH1r1dma9o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5fd159fee7d5903dfd24c0f5987d53bd/tumblr_mk7trz9zKH1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/15af33448f63eeceae4e9df0f884a1cc/tumblr_mk7trz9zKH1r1dma9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2308805ab8321c6f063fadfd5d8e915a/tumblr_mk7trz9zKH1r1dma9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/00e1070b5e5e52445891163a2e7c5582/tumblr_mk7trz9zKH1r1dma9o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Niagara</strong></p> <p>Always amazing and always different.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/46245645015http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/46245645015Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:09:35 -0400photographynatureatmospheresunmoonearthscience<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f45f0bd2f9559942c3f94469c1dc5c1d/tumblr_mjmdsxTRGp1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Got no mountain, got no dome. Still I love what I can see from home - I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night!</p> <p>from Annie Get Your Telescope… of course.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/45295834303http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/45295834303Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:14:00 -0400sunmoonmusicalsciencespaceastronomyphotographyannie oakleyirving berlin<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/37347fbf5c3ad448804a6cca80a9110c/tumblr_min8sng9Dy1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>How Big?</strong></p> <p>Stuff on the sun is BIG, but how big?</p> <p>Well, take these prominences, captured on an active sun back in 2006… you can only see a little bit of the disk but using photoshop you can select a circle and enlarge it big enough so its outside edge matches up with the section we can see. Measure the size of that circle in pixels and then divide the number by 109 (the number of earth disks that fit across the diameter of the sun). Make a circle that size and you have drawn the earth to scale - a yardstick 8000 miles across. </p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/43753238540http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/43753238540Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:50:47 -0500sunspacescienceastronomyphotographybigearth<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cdf16d2cd011d88be9e6f70f0ffd2bf0/tumblr_mig8p9LpMW1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Sun Branches</strong></p> <p>Winter hibernation has me looking at old pictures… this one taken  seven years ago with the sun snarled in tree branches from my backyard. Get up sun… rise and shine!</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/43461425625http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/43461425625Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:05:33 -0500sunwinterastronomyphotographytreesspacescience<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a3e1853b030b989f654c73649671493/tumblr_mhevmunS191r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Winter Sun</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/winter_sun.html" target="_blank">A hibernation project</a>… a warm weather sun set aside to work on during the cold, sunless days of January. Captured June 10, 2012, completed today.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/41820606878http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/41820606878Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:52:06 -0500sunsciencephotographyartspaceastronomysolar<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LTtTfCwkIW0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>My TEDx talk… enjoy!</strong></p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/39678878063http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/39678878063Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:34:27 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c278fc4b2196433dd44654ec5dacc4a5/tumblr_mfv2soeuVa1r1dma9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Clair de Lune</strong></p> <p>Happy New Year, my friends.</p>http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/39240075419http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/post/39240075419Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:41:00 -0500moonphotographyastronomyspacescienceart