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Sun Photos

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Solar Prominences 6-12-05

Equipment:
Coronado PST
Nikon 990 digital camera coupled to a 17mm eyepiece with a scoptronix digi-t adapter.

Processing:
Combination of two images - one exposed for the prominences and one exposed for surface detail.
Images combined and levels adjusted in Photoshop.

pstfirstlight-2thm.jpg (14929 bytes) Personal Solar Telecope (PST) First Light

Taken 5-18-05

Equipment:
Coronado PST
Nikon 990 digital camera coupled to a 40mm eyepiece with a scoptronix digi-t adapter.

Processing:
Combination of two images - one exposed for the prominences and one exposed for surface detail.
Images combined and levels adjusted in Photoshop.


solareclipse061002thm.jpg (7269 bytes) Partial Solar Eclipse 6-10-02
Equipment:
Meade 10" LX-50
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider at F/5.5
Nikon 990 digital camera coupled to a 40mm eyepiece with a scoptronix digi-t adapter.
Thousand Oaks solar filter.

The sun played hide and seek behind the clouds.

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sunspot1thm.jpg (3488 bytes) Naked Eye Sunspot 8-17-02
Equipment:
Meade 10" LX-50
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider at F/5.5
Nikon 990 digital camera coupled to a 40mm eyepiece with a scoptronix digi-t adapter.
Thousand Oaks solar filter.

This very large sunspot was visible using only a solar filter.

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