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Old 05-07-2006, 03:00 PM
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sheeny (Al)
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Because I live close to work I ducked home for lunch today and ate my sandwich while viewing the sun! Wow! So much detail! Numerous little flares/prominences ( not sure if I have the terminology right yet! ) round the limb. The big spot in the centre is in two possibly three pieces. Lots of detail in the active region around it.

I also tried my 13mm Nagler and 10mm plossl. The 10mm was larger scale but not as sharp. The 13mm looked impressive when I put it in, but when I went back to the standard 20mm Kellner supplied with the PST I think I was seeing the same amount of detail - just the image scale was down a bit. It seems very sharp through the 20mm K.

Good fun! I'll have to have a go at trying an image or two soon!

Al.
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