StarNevada / N.A.R.S.
GRAND CANYON STAR PARTY [YAVAPAI POINT] JUNE, 2005
Solar Observing
One afternoon I played hooky
from dinner and took two of my 'scopes out to the rim. I found Dennis, Chuck and
Paul had already beaten me to the punch. I ended up staying 'till the sun was
nearly down. It was something I had always heard other people were doing but had
never done myself. It was a great way to introduce our efforts to the public.
Many of the visitors were from France, Germany and Japan. And many of them, I
found out later in the night session had returned to look...
As you can see here, everybody is
gathered around Dennis and his 'scope.
My little 'scope, complete with full-aperture solar mask is aimed at the sun.
Two huge sunspots were visible with many other smaller ones clearly in sight.
Hey everybody, we're talking millions of miles away - not just a mere dozen!
Paul showing off the wonders of
the Canyons "bottom-land" miles below the rim.
On second thought, it's obvious
why nobody wanted to look through my 'scope!
Well golly, will you look at
that. There's a bridge way down there!
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around the event.
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THIS PAGE WAS CREATED ON JUNE, 17, 2005
