Sunday, August 25, 2013

August 25, 2013

Today, there are two sunspots visible - one near the edge of the disk on the lower diagonal right of center, the other sunspot almost directly opposite.  I used my Meade ETX-125 telescope for this photo.


August 24, 2013

One sunspot found but this photo was taken near the end of the day with my smaller 70-mm Barska telescope.


Tuesday, August 20, 2013

August 20, 2013

About five sunspots photographed today using my Meade ETX-125 telescope. 


Wednesday, August 14, 2013

August 14, 2013

A couple medium-sized sunspot groups were observed today in the late afternoon using my Barska 70-mm refractor.


Monday, August 12, 2013

August 12, 2013

Sunspot activity increased considerably since my previous post.


Wednesday, August 7, 2013

August 7, 2013

Just one sunspot found visually using my Meade ETX-125 telescope with 40 mm eyepiece.


Tuesday, August 6, 2013

August 5, 2013

One or two sunspots detected visually using my Barska 70-mm telescope.  I tried my stronger 6.8 mm focal length eyepiece as well as the 20 mm focal length eyepiece I usually use on that telescope. 

Sun image using 20 mm eyepiece




























Sun image using 6.8 mm eyepiece



Thursday, August 1, 2013

August 1, 2013

Three sunspots were observed visually this morning using my Meade ETX-125 telescope.  Only one of those sunspots were observed two days ago with my Barska 70-mm telescope.