Sunspots

[vindictive666]

hi ice

according to the latest soho info

theres a nice sunspot on the old sol since yesterday

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mdi_igr/512/

thought you and the others might wanna know :D

[iceman]

Thanks mate, the sun has been so quiet lately I haven't even bothered cracking out the solar filter..

Will definitely have a look when the clouds go away :)

[vindictive666]

oh and btw

i keep on forgetting to ask you

about the 12 inch bintels dob

what eps would you recommend for this dob ?
the 3 x barlow or just the 2x ?

[rumples riot]

Might have to consider getting a corando PST in the near future, would like to take up solar astronomy. However, I am a little concerned about have a fatal mishap. That would be very bad.

[ving]

a 2x will do fine me thinks :)

depending on what number of EPs you get: 9mm 15.. 25mm and 32mm would be good options :)

[iceman]

Yep, I got 9, 15, 25 and 32, with a 2x barlow.

[vindictive666]

ving

what i do is set everything up inside the house b4 i go out and check that ive covered up the finders scope
cuz ive done the little trick by having a look thru the finder to locate the old sol but bcuz ive covered it up inside no harm was done (thank the stars) felt rather stoopid as well :(
force of habit