Pictures of the Sun in a H-alpha and in 'white' light. Getting ready for the Venus transit in June.! Taken 3/1/12 with a Coronado PST telescope
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Sun in 'white' light with some Sunspots visible. Taken with a ST80 telescope, 25mm Meade eyepiece, Orion Solar filter (on objective) and Canon A590 camera. Slight fiddling with Photoshop. Camera attached to telescope with adapter from CNC Supply. 1/400 @ f/8 was longest exposure with no saturated pixels on camera.
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Sun 2012-03-27
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Taken 3/1/12 with Coronado PST Telescope. Eyepiece projection. 1/50 @ f/5.5
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Sun in H alpha
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Taken with a 'white light' filter through an 80mm refractor at prime focus, with a 2x barlow and using a Canon XSi. Minor adjustments in Photoshop Elements. Several sunspots!
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Sun on May 16 2012
