Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jan 21, 2013 15:23:25 GMT -6
Solar Imaging with a Meade Reflector
21 January 2013
21 January 2013
A very bright but brutally cold day invoked me in doing a quick session, but this time with a different scope. Last year, a Meade 4.5" reflector was donated to the Chicago Astronomer. Needs some work, but still usable....
Needs a tune-up badly and collimation, but still, in it's less than perfect condition, produces a decent image of today's solar disk...
Temporarily taping the C11 full aperture over the business end of the reflector, it displayed a new group of Sunspots that has appeared since yesterday's imaging session - a trio of sunspots - #1660....in comparison with yesterday's image of the Sun...
They seemed to have popped up quickly over the last 24 hours.
