The Sun


Partial Solar Eclipse 1996
Total Solar Eclipse 1998
Total Solar Eclipse 1999

Solar images  from Worth Hill Observatory

These images were taken with 50 cm f/4 telescope stopped down to 100mm and video imaged through Baader Astrosolar filter using an Astrovid 2000.

May 5th 2003

This pair of large sunspots, are highly active  and may give rise to M class flares.
Sunspot 349 (upper right) stretches more than 10 Earth-diameters from end to end!

















May 28th 2003