Photos of our closest star, The Sun.

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.
Sunspot 10484

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Sunspot AR9169

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.
Sun

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.
Sunspot AR10484