Venus transitting the Sun
The transit of Venus across the Sun in 2004. Taken by putting an Olympus Digital Camera up to the eyepiece of the Questar 3.5" with a continuum Solar filter.
Sun and Clouds GIF
2011-11-08. Click this image to view a GIF movie of the active Sun and clouds passing by.
The active Sun on Nov 8
The active Sun on Nov 8, 2011. Picture of the Sun projected on a white screen using a Celestron 6-inch telescope.
The active Sun on Nov 8
The active Sun on Nov 8, 2011.
The Sun Projected in the shade.
The Sun Projected in the shade. Nov 8, 2011. This picture shows how the 6-inch Celestron was used to project the Sun onto a white board under the shade of some…
Projected Sun and clouds - 2012 Venus transit.
This is a projected image of the Sun during the transit of Venus (dark blob at the top) across the Sun in June 5 of 2012. The misty appearance is caused by…
Transit of Venus across the Sun. June 5 2012.
Transit of Venus across the Sun. June 5 2012. The outline of Venus (and the Sun) is oblong because the light from the telescope was slightly oblique. Some…
Transit of Venus across the Sun. June 5 2012.
Transit of Venus across the Sun. June 5 2012. The grainy appearance is due to the screen. The darker sunspots are real. The transit lasted 6 hours.
The Sun on July 16
The Sun on July 16, 2015. Projected on a screen using the Celestron 6-inch. This was during sunspot cycle 24, which had about half as many sunspots as the…
Sunspot Video
2016-01-29. Click to view an MP4 video of a sunspot moving across the field of view.
The Sun through the H alpha telescope on 3/8/16.
The Sun through the H alpha (SolarMax II) telescope on 3/8/16. A bright prominence is visible at the bottom right. Dark filaments and brighter faculae are…
Prominence on the Sun
Prominence on the Sun, Mar 8, 2016. Taken with the Canon T5i on the Coronado SolarMax II H-alpha telescope. These H-alpha telescope have a wavelength tuning…
Solar Disk Pan
2017-06-02. Click to view this movie of several stills covering the entire solar disk.
The H-alpha Sun - 7/8/17
The H-alpha Sun - 7/8/17. The tunable narrow band filter on the SolarMax II is set to reveal some mottling on the Sun and a sunspot.
Prominances on the Sun - 7/8/17
The H-alpha Sun - 7/8/17. Here the tunable filter on the SolarMax II is set to reveal two major prominences on the Sun. Faculae (bright spots) are also…
Sunspot and prominences
Sunspot and prominences, 7/8/17. Canon T5i on the Coronado SolarMax II. A white-pink color is achieved in this exposure and etalon setting.
Featureless Sun!? 5/14/19
Featureless Sun!? 5/14/19. Granted, this was near the sunspot minimum, but some settings of the Coronado SolarMax II do not show much detail even when it is…
