Are two eyes better than one? In the case of binoculars – with their ease of use and portability when observing the Sun – using both eyes is just the ticket. And if you already have a pair of binoculars sitting around the house, then with the proper filters you […]
Choosing the correct solar safe glasses to view the sun is one of the easiest and inexpensive ways to enjoy the Sun. These are special glasses that remove all harmful ultraviolet, all harmful infrared and 99.999 percent of intense visible light. It makes you wonder how you get to see […]
Dubbing its telescope trade in program the Lunt Solar Trade-Up program, Lunt is providing an opportunity for individuals who own a used Lunt Solar Telescope or Filter to trade the equipment in towards the purchase of a new Lunt Solar product. Eligible trade-ins can receive up to 75% of the […]
Solar eclipse photography will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. Two solar eclipses will grace North America in 2023 and 2024. Now is the time to start preparing for these amazing celestial events. The Sky-Watcher team will take a close look at solar eclipse photography […]
The Lunt Solar SunLab was built by Lunt Solar Systems in 2017 for NASA for the “Great American Solar Eclipse” project. It provided one of the most watched global viewing highlights as it broadcast the eclipse in many digital formats from the eclipse “ground zero” in Carbondale, Illinois. Lunt Solar has announced the […]
Meade’s Coronado SolarMax III Solar Telescope is a 70-mm f/5.7 refractor equipped with 60-mm external hydrogen-alpha (H-α) filters. The solar scope is available in both single-stacked (<0.7Å) and double-stacked (<0.5Å) bandpasses and either 10-mm or 15-mm blocking filters. What makes the Coronado SolarMax III standout? The SMIII 70-mm has a […]
The Lunt LS130THa Universal Solar Telescope was the first in the line of the company’s 100% modular designed convertible telescopes. The triplet refractor is the largest in the modular lineup and provides the opportunity to own a complete travelling telescope. Simply change from daytime viewing (through etalons) to nighttime viewing […]
Tele Vue adaptors for solar imaging offer the quality Tele Vue is known for in a sun focused package. While Tele Vue may be best known for creating state-of-the-art eyepieces and high-end telescopes, the company also offers a number accessories for observing and imaging. This includes two types of Digiscoping […]
Solar imaging by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SD0) of the Sun has been going non-stop for over a full decade. From its orbit in space around Earth, SDO has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun, amassing 20 million gigabytes of data over the past 10 years. This information […]
It’s been a long day of taking in the Sun’s rays! The prominences have been glorious, the hot spots sizzling- but now the Sun is getting low and it is finally about time to pack away your Solar scope for the day. Or is it? Luckily for you, you have […]
A McDonald Observatory Solar presentation provides an opportunity to view live images of the Sun with specially filtered telescopes and cameras. During the presentation they discuss sunspots, prominences, solar flares, and other solar related topics. Summer solstices are also discussed in detail. Technical specifications about the equipment used include: – […]
Glorious solar eclipse videos proliferate the Internet. Taken by accomplished professional and amateur solar astronomers, the videos are imaged using dedicated solar telescopes and the latest astro imaging technology. However, one of the first videos of a solar eclipse was filmed by a magician, yet it was no sleight of […]