OK Richard - sounds like you are already up there? What time are folks arriving? Chris ... From: "Richard" <rozer@...> To: mdasimaging@yahoogroups.com ...
I just posted the annular eclipse as seen from my backyard in Concord. I think I have the focusing down on this one as you can see the outline of some of the...
Just got back. Here are three images I took from right under the center line near Hat Creek. The first is a very minimalist annulus at totality with solar...
Great shots Ron! I spent eclipse day at the "Sun Dial" bridge at Turtle Bay park in Redding (With a few hundred other people)I had a white light and a PST...
Is there an official MDAS gathering on Mt. Diablo Tuesday June 5 for the Venus transit? If no formal gathering, I assume it is OK with the Park Service to just...
I was under the impression, yes... at Juniper Overlook during the late afternoon to early evening. The discussion was to set up solar scopes to view the...
Hey everyone, I have a a celestron 8" SCT with XLT coatings. I'm using a canon 60D and mylar film to view the sun. (I will also be using an F6 focal reducer to...
This is what I do: I take my mount and generally point it in the direction of polaris, and start tracking on a random point in the sky, just to get the mount...
Stuart, To first find the sun I use the shadow of the telescope. Just point the scope at the sun until the shadow is minimized. Now you are in the ballpark....
Hi All, My wife and I met two friends from Canada and observed the ASE from near the northern edge near Winnemucca, Nv. After a morning glued to the weather...
What sort of details are you thinking of enhancing? If you're talking about solar prominences, you're not going to get that with your mylar filter, no matter...
To see prominences, filaments, or the fine granular detail of the sun you are really going to need a hydrogen alpha filter. However a Celestron SCT is not...
Bob, Congratulations on a great video. I think I saw the same effect.I saw some "Baily's beads through my Ha PST, but they weren't there yet when I swapped to...
More evidence that the chromosphere(hydrogen light) lies above the photosphere(whitelight)--I took Chris Ford's annulus image in hydrogen light and combined it...
Great video. How did you polar align during the day? JonS From: mdasimaging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mdasimaging@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ca_hayabusa Sent:...
