Unfortunately the camera does not do justice the actual view through the eyepiece where you can see much of the granularity of the solar surface as well.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
10th October 2012 AstroPhoMo (AstroPhotoMonth)
Considering the recent reports of the last few days with solar and aurora activity I managed to capture this per focal with the PST using an Olympus compact digital. One of the biggest flairs I've observed personally.
Unfortunately the camera does not do justice the actual view through the eyepiece where you can see much of the granularity of the solar surface as well.
Unfortunately the camera does not do justice the actual view through the eyepiece where you can see much of the granularity of the solar surface as well.
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