Thanks to Tim for posting a pic of the solar scope he's building on facebook. He took it for a test drive, the image that the scope produced (which I think was projected) looked like there was good stuff happening on the surface. Between that and news of big solar activity I made sure Friday night when I got home to pull out my 4.5" and see for myself. Its an old Meade reflector with a solar cap. The first look I counted 25 spots! I waited a bit till drawing it, a few near the edge seemed to have faded, but here's what I came up with (the image with the more centrally located clusters). Nice drawing objects through a scope in broad daylight.
Finally clear again last night when I got home, so I did it again. For anyone out there who has either a HA scope or a regular reflector with a solar cap - things seem to be getting fun on the sun!
Thanks to Tim for posting a pic of the solar scope he's building on facebook. He took it for a test drive, the image that the scope produced (which I think was projected) looked like there was good stuff happening on the surface. Between that and news of big solar activity I made sure Friday night when I got home to pull out my 4.5" and see for myself. Its an old Meade reflector with a solar cap. The first look I counted 25 spots! I waited a bit till drawing it, a few near the edge seemed to have faded, but here's what I came up with (the image with the more centrally located clusters). Nice drawing objects through a scope in broad daylight.
Finally clear again last night when I got home, so I did it again. For anyone out there who has either a HA scope or a regular reflector with a solar cap - things seem to be getting fun on the sun!
