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Stefan Zietara (images) Chris Rowland (processing)

Eclipsed Sun animation
Credit: Stefan Zietara (images) Chris Rowland (processing)
Taken 29 March 2006 from Antalya, Turkey using a Panasonic DMC FZ20 Digital camera unguided on a tripod. Exposure 1/250 at f/5.6 This is a composite of 4 frames taken over about 30 seconds and showing the totality and the diamond ring at exit. The last 3 frames are taken over about 6 seconds. The images, were taken by Stefan Zietara and processed by Chris Rowland; they were registered and cropped using IRIS, then converted to GIF and made into an animated GIF using intergif.

Fred Stevenson

Eclipsed Sun
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken 29 March 2006 from Andalsnes Observatory, Amersham, UK using a 80mm refractor and web cam. Approximately 800 stacked images - total time 1 minute at f/10. The solar eclipse of 29 March 2006 viewed through a sufficient break in the clouds to permit at least one image!

Fred Stevenson

Sunspot on the Sun's limb
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken 28th July 2004 at 07:30 UT from Amersham, England using alt/az mounted 3 inch refractor at f16 using Toucam 840 and Baader filter.

Fred Stevenson

Sunspot close-up
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken 23rd July 2004 at 13:30 UT from Amersham, England using alt/az mounted 3 inch refractor at f16 using Toucam 840 and Baader filter.

John Fifield

Huge naked eye sunspot
Credit: John Fifield
Taken 12.30pm 23rd July 2004 with Meade ETX90EC, Thousand Oaks solar filter and Nikon Coolpix digital camera with 40mm eyepiece lens.

John Fifield

Huge naked eye sunspot
Credit: John Fifield
Taken 12.30pm 23rd July 2004 with Meade ETX90EC, Thousand Oaks solar filter and Nikon Coolpix digital camera with 40mm eyepiece lens.

David Godwin

Sunspots
Credit: David Godwin
Taken: 24th May 2001 with Nikon 990 camera through 8" Dobsonian telescope.



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