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Old 22-10-2010, 05:29 PM
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Solar observation and sketch 22-10-10

Hi everyone,

I completed a baader solar film filter yesterday and got to try it out today.Many thanks to Rob_K for giving it to me.

This was my first time ever solar observing and i was amazed to able to see 3 sunspots on its surface.

At 36X i could see surface granulation towards the edge of the sun.On the sunspots i could see the middle of them to be a very dark black and around them the penumbra a grey colour looking like a waterfall falling into a pool of darkness.

At 100x mag i could see even more detail though i preferred the wide Field view.

I also did a sketch(attached) using a hb pencil and an eraser.

Hope you like it,
regards orestis
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