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Originally Posted by Renato1
....... well, relatively speaking, that is.
Today I remembered that I owned a Personal Solar Telescope (PST), so I had a look at the sun. Saw two ultra tiny sunspots, and then could just make out a third teeny one, and a little solar flare.
I bought the PST eight or nine years ago and the sun has been a disappointment ever since (apart from the occasional flare).
I fondly remember the days back in 1982 and 1983 when, with my newly acquired K-Mart Focal 114mm reflector and its sun projection attachment, one could see most of the face of the sun heavily pock marked with dozens of sunspots.
Is anybody else here old enough to remember those wondrous solar days of 30+ years ago?
Cheers,
Renato
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um little confused - maybe you needed to change your eyepiece
last Monday in the space of 15 min a flare let rip and had cleared out into space. it is a dynamic ever changing body - its like watching an open fire, it is beautiful, yet deadly - LOL almost described my wife there too
as for 30 years ago - no but i do remember the pics in Astronomy and S&T