Dr. Spirock will speak on Solar Observing at BBSO. In his speech he will cover the technical aspects of topics such as:

A) Why Big Bear?
B) Full Disk High Resolution H-alpha observations.
C) High Resolution using Adaptive Optics.
D) High Resolution using High Cadence Vector Magnetograms.
E) Earthshine (Global Climate Change Project).
F) The 1.6 meter New Solar Telescope.

We will also be treated to the latest images and movies from BBSO.

Dr. Spirock has a B.S., a M.S. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is currently working on developing a robotic earthshine telescope for world wide earthshine network, and as a project engineer for a new dome on the solar observatory to replace the current one, as the current dome is too small to house the new solar telescope

A list of BBSO reports available through the OCA web site.

Adaptive Optics

Adaptive Optics at the Big Bear Solar Observatory: Instrument Description and First Observations

HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION IMAGING COMBINING HIGH-ORDER ADAPTIVE OPTICS, FRAME SELECTION, AND SPECKLE MASKING RECONSTRUCTION

H-alpha

The new global High-Resolution H-alpha Network: Preliminary Results on the Chromospheric Differential Rotation

THE NEW GLOBAL HIGH–RESOLUTION H NETWORK: FIRST OBSERVATIONS AND FIRST RESULTS

Magnetic Fields

RAPID CHANGES IN THE LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELD RELATED TO THE 2001 APRIL 2 X20 FLARE

New Solar Telescope

1.6 M SOLAR TELESCOPE IN BIG BEAR – THE NST

Sunspots

RAPID CHANGES OF MAGNETIC FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH SIX X-CLASS FLARES

EVIDENCE OF RAPID FLUX EMERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE M8.7 FLARE ON 2002 JULY 26

RAPID CHANGE OF DELTA SPOT STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVEN MAJOR FLARES