Roger Steer's Solar Astronomy Page

To observe the sun I use a range of equipment:

Direct - White-light

Meade 10x50 Binoculars (£9.99 from Lidl)

Vixen 102M Achromatic Refractor

Televue 76 Apo 

All with Baader AstroSolar filters

Projection

Vixen 102M Achromatic Refractor with a projection box giving a 150mm image.

Pictured is the box on my Helios 102mm (Stolen in a burglary in 2004)

This was a public viewing of the Transit of Venus

Hydrogen Alpha

Coronado PST with SolarMax 40 double-stacked filter (Both won in the 2005 Whirlpool Star Party Raffle!).

Some early attempts at photography.  With the PST unstacked with a 2x barlow and a Canon 300d DSLR

25th November 2005 10:16 UTC

4th December 2005 13:03 UTC