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Eyepiece Projection (Ricoh) (3/29/01)
Eyepiece Projection (Pentax) (1/19/00)


 

Eyepiece Projection
using the Ricoh RDC-4200
Sun
Sun
29 March 2001
Naked-Eye Sunspot Group (upper left of top image; bottom image) Thousand Oaks Solar II Type 2 Plus solar filter
40mm Scopetronix eyepiece, Shutan Wide Field Adapter (top)
26mm Meade eyepiece (bottom)
Both images cropped from original 1280x960 full-frame versions
Some digital enhancement to increase contrast and sharpening
 
Image: Sun
Image: Sun
20 September 2000
Naked-Eye Sunspot Group
40mm Scopetronix eyepiece, Shutan Wide Field Adapter, camera lens at 3x telephoto
Thousand Oaks Solar II Type 2 Plus solar filter
Top photo: full-frame, reduced from original 1280x960 image
Bottom photo: cropped from top 1280x960 full-frame version
Some digital enhancement to increase contrast and sharpening
 
Image: Sun
11 March 2000
Sunspot Group
26mm Meade 4000 Plossl eyepiece, camera lens at 3x telephoto
Solar II Type 2 Plus solar filter
Some digital enhancement to increase contrast and sharpening
 

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Eyepiece Projection
using the Pentax Spotmatic
Image: Sun
15 November 1999
camera handheld over eyepiece
light flares add a surrealistic look
Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 1/125 second, Thousand Oaks Solar II Type 2 Plus solar filter, f/1.8, 55mm lens


See the Sun Archive 1997-99 for photos taken 1997, 1998, and 1999.

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