Sol


The Sun provides a convienent target for those who also like to sleep at night....
These images were taken as the sun approached "solar max", the peak of its 11 year activity cycle


Nov. 13, 1999 - 1:20 PM EST - Ed Harfmann using an AstroVid 2000 direct using a Meade ETX-90 and Thousand Oaks solar filter.


September 21, 2000 - 5:13 PM EST - Ed Harfmann using an AstroVid 2000 direct conversion using a Meade ETX-90 and Thousand Oaks solar filter.  Fourty images stacked using AstroStack, unsharpen mask applied.  Described as the largest sun spot in the last nine years.