Partial Solar Eclipse Gilbert, AZ - 20 May 2011
Gilbert 2011 Click on image to see full movie (1.5 Megabytes) where one frame was shot every 10 seconds using HandyAvi. You can just barely see some sunspots. I meant for the images to be bigger but had not realized that the webcam had defaulted to 320x240 instead of 640x480...
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Howard with homemade projection device. ETX90 scope, 24mm eyepiece projecting onto paper at bottom of sheet-metal object. Small webcam attached near the eyepiece shoot the image projected on the paper. Since the scope was not aligned, I had to use the control box to keep the image centered on the paper. Required button pushes every 5 seconds or so... Passers-by could see the image on the paper. |
The approach to the observatory building looking East. |
The line to the observatory building looking North. |
Person looking through a solar scope on the West side of observatory building. |