Staying at home for obvious reasons at the moment, with plenty of time on my hands to trawl through some old astronomy pictures and sketches.
Over the next few days/weeks/Months! I will put on several posts of bygone astro images.
Here are a few to start with:
Above photo showing the projection method of observing the Sun.
The telescope used was a 6 inch Tal2 reflector, a great white light solar scope.
Also really good for observing Saturn.
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Notice the four distinct craters along the terminator between the five and six o'clock positions:
Crater names: from left to right: Furnerius, Petavius, Vendelinus, Langrenus (the chain of four).
Best seen around third day after a New Moon.
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Above photo taken at a friends smallholding, some five years ago.. I think!
I wrote an
Englyn poem to compliment the photo.
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Final image, a sunspot picture I took, using my trusty old Tal1 reflector.
It may have only been a 4 inch reflector, but it delivered some beautiful views of the Sun (with proper filters fitted.)
Plus some great views of Mars at opposition.
Sadly though, this telescope was not much use for observing Jupiter.
Clear Skies, Stay safe.
