Antelope Valley Astronomy Club -

Sun spot 10484, in the middle, was the size of 10 Earths, the one on the right just rotating into view, 10486, was almost as big. Shot through a Stellarview AT1010 and a 17mm eyepiece with an Olympus D-400Z.

Solar Eclipse - This is a shot of the partial eclipse on June 10, 2002. The photo was shot at prime focus of my ETX-90 scope, with an Olympus OM-1. The expouser was 1/125 sec. on Fuji Superia 400 film. The filter was Badder Solar Film.

Solar Eclipse - Christmas Eclipse 2000. Shot through my ETX-90EC using an Olympus D-400Z digital camera, with a 40mm eyepiece.

Solar Eclipse - Christmas Eclipse 2000. Shot through my ETX-90EC using an Olympus D-400Z digital camera, with a 26mm eyepiece.

Sunspot AR9169 - These shots of the sun are of sun spot AR9169, the largest sun spot in 9 years. 9 earths could fit inside the large spot. You could see the spot with the unaided eye, while looking through a solar filter of course. They were shot with the Olympus D-400Z camera and ETX scope using a 26mm eyepiece on 9/23/00.

Sunspot AR9169 - These shots of the sun are of sun spot AR9169, the largest sun spot in 9 years. 9 earths could fit inside the large spot. You could see the spot with the unaided eye, while looking through a solar filter of course. They were shot with the Olympus D-400Z camera and ETX scope using a 26mm eyepiece on 9/23/00.

Sunspot AR9169 - These shots of the sun are of sun spot AR9169, the largest sun spot in 9 years. 9 earths could fit inside the large spot. You could see the spot with the unaided eye, while looking through a solar filter of course. They were shot with the Olympus D-400Z camera and ETX scope with a 17mm eyepiece on 9/23/00.

The Sun shot with an Olympus D-400Z using a Scope Tronix Digital Camera adapter through a Meade ETX-90C and a Meade 26mm Plossl eyepiece with a 2X barlow.

Sunspot AR10484 - The Sun shot with an Olympus D-400Z using a Scope Tronix Digital Camera adapter through a Meade ETX-90C and a Meade 26mm Plossl eyepiece.