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Re: (meteorobs) The Sun
At 06:30 PM 2/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I would like to know if anybody's looked at the sun lately. I
>projected the sun's light on a paper, and there were no sunspots.
>Is 47x enough? Can somebody else take a look and tell me if they
>find any? If a solar flare occured, would I detect it at 47x?
>
>Jonathan(NTZT04A@prodigy.com)
>http://pages.prodigy.com/Astro/homepage.htm
>
You are right, Jonathon. I just went out and had a look at the sun
through my 15 x 80 binoculars and the surface shows no spots at all.
I MUST ADD A WARNING HERE!!!!! DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. WE ARE TRAINED
PROFESSIONALS AND KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. :-))
Actually, I have mylar solar filters installed which makes it safe to view
the sun directly.
Ron