Sun Spot Activity on March 27, 2001.
TMB 105/650 APO Refractor 650mm f/6.2
Astro-Physics MaxBright 2" Diagonal
TeleVue 17mm Nagler Type 4 Eyepiece
APM Giro2 Deluxe Alt/Az Mount
APM Heavy Duty Wood Tripod
APM Solar Filter Cell
Nikon CoolPix 990 hand held to eyepiece
Auto Exposure and Focus Settings
Christmas Day 2000 Solar Eclipse!
Taken with our new Nikon CoolPix 990 Digital Camera.
Christmas Day 2000 Eclipse Setup.
TMB 105/650 APO Refractor 650mm f/6.2
Astro-Physics MaxBright 2" Diagonal
TeleVue 17mm Nagler Type 4 Eyepiece
Astro-Physics 400 GTO German Equatorial Mount
Astro-Physics 48" Portable Pier
APM Solar Filter Cell
The Girls New Meade StarFinder 10" Dobsonian. (Merry Christmas Elizabeth & Katie!)
Note the homemade Solar Filter.
I used a portion of a box from a Sun Microsystems Workstation! ;-)
Christmas Day 2000 Solar Eclipse!
Taken with our new Nikon CoolPix 990 Digital Camera.
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Previous Solar Shot Taken with a Yellow/Orange filter.
The Sun!.
Taken with a Nikon CoolPix Digital Camera through a TeleVue 2" 55mm Plossl
Thousand Oaks Type 2 Full Aperture Solar Filter.
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