Sun Pics

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taken 11/02/2002
with a Tahahashi FS102 by Don Brown

sunrise.JPG (77689 bytes) ...as it rises in Park City

taken 10/28/99
with an Olympus D-340R Digital Camera

SunJan28-2000.jpg (61971 bytes) Our star...

taken 1/28/2000
with a 10"  f/4.5 Newtonian at prime focus

sun.jpg (42278 bytes)sun3.jpg (66137 bytes) The Sun during a time of high sunspot activity. The top image is the unmodified, scanned original, while the bottom had it's brightness, contrast, and saturation "tweeked".

taken 11/04/00
with a 10"  f/4.5 Newtonian at prime focus

sunStudy.jpg (38275 bytes) ...a closer look at the sunspots

 taken 11/04/00
with a 10"  f/4.5 Newtonian using eyepiece projection -- 75x

sun_dog.jpg (450380 bytes) A sun pillar in the morning.

taken 01/28/99
with an Olympus OM-1
75mm, 1/1000 sec,  f/16

Venus chasing the crescent Moon as imaged by Don Brown of Utah Skies This is a particularly beautiful sunrise with the crescent Moon being chased by Venus...

taken 02/0100
with the D-340R

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I liked how this sunrise progressed.....taken 02/04/00 with an Olympus D-340R Digital Camera.