We are just under half way there with 2 weeks to go.

please consider a generous donation to our 2020 fundraiser. Let’s do something positive in this time of chaos.

http://paypal.me/cbsap or www.solarastronomy.org to donate.

7F301982-AF1A-4C64-9FD1-9FDC8AA0E68E.jpeg Quick update on The Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth! fundraiser for Summer 2020: 72 donations totaling $5200 so far. We are 1/3 of the way to the goal and have 2 1/2 weeks left. To support our awesome stem program please go to www.solaras...

Attention birding friends, astronomy friends, photography friends, sponsorees, like minded people, local friends, air traffic controllers, facebook friends... I don't know about you but I've had way more than enough of people/media/politicians, etc... concentrating on the things that divide us as a ...

THANK YOU!! to the following friends and supporters for helping to keep The Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth! alive for another year. Please help our 2020 fundraiser at PayPal.me/cbsap Ontario Telescope and Accessories, James W. Ambrister, Amy Smith, Jeff Hormann, Kevin Cobble, And...

https://youtu.be/94iQP6wynsw https://PayPal.me/CBSAP to donate One week in to our 30 day campaign, we are at $3300 of our $15k goal for this years Summer fundraiser for the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth!. We are a nonprofit 501c3 STEM program in Atlanta that has had 4% admin co...

I realize PayPal is not available in every country and I’m sorry for that. Our email address is info@Charliebates.org if whatever service you use can send directly to an email. If it’s just impossible for you to send a donation and you really want to please know that I am grateful for the attempt an...

697F17F2-45A0-4B52-A8D7-6F42117C8AAF.jpeg We are currently at $2,250 of our $15k goal for this years CBSAP/Sunlit Earth! fundraiser. Please consider supporting this science and nature STEM nonprofit so we can spread more reason, science and beauty in this world. We certainly need it. Paypal.me/CBSA...

Please contribute to our 2020 Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth fundraiser! Our goal this year is $15,000 in 30 days. link -- http://PayPal.me/cbsap We inspire people to get in to nature and science through internet sources, public hikes, equipment distribution, sponsorships and gen...

I agree with Mark that DSLRs and monochrome scopes don’t work as well as monochrome cameras. I do have the same lens on a Canon 1DX Mk II and a camera quark with a Canon adaptor that I have used before with limited success. I was considering making that the grand prize in the CBSAP fundraiser which ...

We will be doing our semi-annual Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth! fundraiser starting on June 15th. It's been a very difficult year for all nonprofits and especially those like mine with no staff, salaries or grants. Please dig deep to help us spread nature and STEM for a better f...

those reviews have gotten a LOT of hits.

Today there was a massive solar prominence hovering over a small magnetically active region on our nearest star. This was the largest feature us solar astronomers have seen in months. It was floating above the Sun's chromosphere aimed a little towards us. A magnificent taste of what's to come in our...

The thanks button has been added at Rainer's request and others.

I have not retired from the forum. . I just read and follow everyone quietly. Mark and Alexandra do a lot of the day to day stuff here but Im still alive..

Welcome! Yes, everyone starts with the PST. It is a fantastic scope to get in to solar. What you saw were called "prominences". These are small clouds of plasma held loft by magnetic field lines. Solar flares are a different thing that you will also see with the PST, but not until activity increases...

Welcome! We met at NEAF. I was demoing the Coronado Solarmax scopes on the field and run this forum. There is no better visual view of the Sun than through a Coronado 90mm single or doublestacked scope. Imaging is different but visually, that is the best scope out there for full disk. The LS80 would...

This is my virtual NEAF video for NEAF 2020. It’s tongue in cheek.

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So, heeding user requests I decided to upgrade the forum and add some features. With such a gigantic database it’s always a risky adventure and this time was no different. We upgraded the PHPBB software to the latest 3.3+ version, Installed a bunch of cool options like a thank you button and social ...

UPGRADING THE PHPBB VERSION CURRENTLY We tried going to PhPBB 3.3 but since our host will not allow anything higher than PHP v7.0, we had to uninstall the upgrade and lost all customizations. I am waiting for a response from Network Solutions on installing a more recent version of PHP. I apologize f...

Im on at 4:45PM Eastern time.

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thanks guys. Sorry, reposted as tiny jpgs...

I posted as Tifs originally.

Thanks to Rusted for reposting as jpgs. Ill try to do better next time...

The mail system works fine for me.

The Administrator is me and I have a lot of experience with PhPBB. :) The forum contains over 130GB of images and text in the database. It takes several hours to upgrade to the latest version of PhPBB and then there are 17 security extensions that must also be upgraded /purchased to keep the mountai...

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