Weather was less than ideal west of the Cascades: high wispy clouds made for poor transparency most of the day - but produced some spectacular sun halos.
More can be viewed at http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_up ... d_id=98667
Toward the late afternoon, things improved significantly. Here Goldendale Observatory State Park Interpretive Specialist Troy Carpenter shows a family from Portland, Oregon the setting sun via an HD microscopy camera television display.
The instrument is a double-stacked Coronado 60 mm filter system on an ED80 telescope, which will soon be supplemented by a double-stacked Lunt LS152...
You can learn more about the Goldendale Observatory -- home of one of the nation's largest dedicated public telescopes -- at http://www.goldendaleobservatory.com/
Sun-Day in Goldendale, Washington, USA
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Hi Bob
thanks for sharing
thanks for sharing
Only stardust in the wind, some fine and some less fine scopes, filters and adapters as well. Switzerland 47 N, 9 E, in the heart of EUROPE
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Cool stuff Bob!
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Thanks everyone!
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Awesome event images Bob! I shared your Sun Halo pictures on the International SUN-day Facebook Group Page!
I'm so excited to have the Friends of the Goldendale Observatory on board for 2015! Hopefully you'll have a sunnier day! Thank you!!!
I'm so excited to have the Friends of the Goldendale Observatory on board for 2015! Hopefully you'll have a sunnier day! Thank you!!!