Observe The Sun Safely! Never look at the Sun without a proper filter!
Solar Programs are held 1st Sunday of every Month 2:00-4:00 PM at Houge Park weather permitting.
And it should look stellar on the 1st of 2014 too!
No solar scope? Join us Sunday Jan 5th at Houge Park 2-4PM!
Beautiful splatter of Sunspots – larger ones with webs of penumbra (SN 93 NOAA), plage and faculae. And H-alpha highlight was massive detached prominence – 20 Earth diam long 15 high!
Click Image to Enlarge: Left – spaceweather.com; Right – M. Packer LX5 250sec, f/2.0, ISO 125 color shifted and sharpened to look neat.
Astronomical observer for 20 years and optical engineer. I design non-imaging prism and reflector optics for commercial, medical and high-end retail lighting.