The Sun
For Solar viewing, I use my 6" Dob and a full-aperture home-made Baader
solar filter. For imaging, I use my Olympus C-5000 digital camera
and just shoot through the eyepiece.
The picture shows Milly, Terry, and Eric from the astronomy club set up for solar viewing at Roosevelt National Park in 2004. My Dob is on the right.
October 25, 2003
Giant naked eye sunspots!
Images taken with my Logitech webcam and the UND Physics 8" Celestron
SCT.
I was helped by Kayla LaFrance.
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| Sunspot 486 |
Sunspot 484 |
August 13-14, 2004
Imaged some large sunspot clusters during the astronomy club's annual
visit to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I grabbed whole Sun
views with my C-5000 Olympus digital camera and my 6" Dob Friday.
The next day, I used my Toucam with Terry Kuntz' Meade ETX to get a
more detailed view. Thanks Terry for your help!
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| Sunspot 649 |
Sunspot 652 |
January 17, 2005
A sunspot this big had to be imaged! With the winter Sun so low,
I imaged through my 2nd floor window. I still had some tree
branches in my way, as can be seen in the picture. The big one is
sunpot 720 and is about the size of Jupiter.
July 7, 2005
Another shot with my digital camera through my 6" Dob.
September 14, 2005
Another naked eye sunspot. This time, I used the optical zoom of
the camera to get a closer view through my Dob.
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| Sunspot 798 |
With 3x optical zoom |
April 4, 2006
I aquired a used 60mm ETX and couldn't figure out what to use if for so
I made a Baader filter for it. After waiting a couple weeks for some
spots,I snapped this picture of the Sun.
I used the optical zoom of the camera to get a closer view.
April 22, 2006
A rare treat! Chris Milford and I borrowed the Physics H-alpha
telescope to show kids the Sun at Super Science Saturday, sponsored by
the Dakota Science Center. We were rewarded by numerous large
prominences. Afterwards we couldn't resist imaging with my Toucam.
