Excellent Pic Stephen !! Well done and thanks.
Got about 20 minutes of clearish sky about 11.00 am and had the 80mm at work so set it up and got a view. Managed to show about a dozen or so people before clouds moved back over and they haven't cleared since. And look unlikely to .......
But at least i got to see it in real life ( as opposed to Reality Life ) and I was not expecting to. Better than a slap round the head with a wet mullet.
Amazing to see, sunspots and all. Now watching on events.slooh.com while I work. And the few who did see at work were so thankful, quite worth while.
Still looking out the window, you never know your luck ...
. The telescope is a 127mm achromat objective from Surplusshed, the focusser a Moonlite single gear, the eyepiece my plain old Meade 20mm 2". I managed about 15 minutes of observing from the carpark at work in the aptly-named town of Sunbury in Victoria. The clouds promptly rolled in after this pic, and work prevented me from hanging around for the chance of another shot. But I did it!!!
