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For Solar Telescopes
click here. For
Astronomy Books click here. Binoculars Everyone should have a pair of binoculars whether you have a
telescope or not. They are compact, easy to use on a moments notice, portable,
handy to keep in your car. Binoculars are sized by the magnification or power
and by the diameter of the front lens (objective lens). A 10x50 binocular has 10
power. This makes the image you view appear 10 times larger or 10 times closer.
The 50 stands for 50 millimeters (about 2”) diameter objective lens. Large
objective lenses gather more light making image brighter, clearer with more
detail and are preferred for night use. Optical coatings improve image sharpness
and contrast. Coatings vary from Coated, Fully Coated, Multicoated, to Fully
Multicoated on the better models. Most models are adaptable to mounting on a
tripod for a more steady view. Eye relief is how far back in millimeters you can
look and still see the full field of view. Eyeglass wearers need long eye
relief.
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Mercury Transit of the sun as seen from Holton, Kansas on 8 November 2006 at about 1:30PM. Sunspot upper left, Mercury lower left. Equipment: TeleVue 101, Baader solar filter, Canon A70 camera. Next transit is 2016. |
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Venus Transit of the sun at sun rise with clouds as seen from Holton, Kansas on 8 June 2004, lasting about 25 minutes here. The last sun picture taken several minutes after transit. Last event was 112 years ago. TeleVue 101 telescope. Next transit is 6 June 2012. |
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Astronomy Picture
of the Day Earth Picture of the Day Moon Picture of the Day Mars Picture of the Day Locate Space Station and Satellites ISS Tracking NASA-International Space Station Sun and Moon rising times and more Space Weather, Sunspots
Impact Earth with comet or
asteroid See what happens with various size objects
impacting the earth. There are fireballs, air blasts, long distance thermal
effects,1200 mph winds, earthquakes, debris raining down and pilling up,
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See the movie of comet Ikeya-Zhang. | |
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International Dark-Sky Association Two out of three people in the United States of America no longer see the Milky Way with their naked eye because of light pollution. This light pollution can be decreased with the benefit of saving energy and improving safety. See web site: http://www.darksky.org |
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This picture was taken from a digital movie made by holding a Camcorder to the eyepiece on a TeleVue 101 telescope. | |
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Elk Creek Observatory, Original White fiberglass dome (left) and new aluminum dome (right pictures). 20" RC telescope |
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Holton Astronomy Day April 2005
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Mike Ford of Holton High School and Dr. Lynn Cominsky from California, Professor at Sonoma State University NASA Scientist with Kansas Wind Power's PST (Personal Solar Telescope) |
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click on pictures to see a larger view. |
Northern Lights Aurora as seen in Kansas |
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29 Oct 03 Aurora |
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30 Oct 03 Aurora Holton, KS |
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20 November 03 Aurora |
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Aurora 8 November 04 Holton, KS 10-11 PM |
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Night sky with clouds 8 November 04 |
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Aurora 9 November 04 Midnight to 2 AM |
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Aurora 14 December 06 6 -10 PM |
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Kansas Sky |
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Comet Hale-Bopp 1997 |
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Large heart shaped sunspot 18 August 2002. This could also be seen without using a telescope by simply looking through the solar filter for eye protection. |
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These sunspot pictures were taken through the 4" TV101 refractor telescope with a solar filter using a camcorder. | |
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Sun as seen through a Hydrogen alpha filter. This low quality picture is not near as good as what your eye would see. Loop from large sunspot 7sept05. About 8 times the size of earth. | |
  
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Clouds
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Venus & Jupiter |
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Mars, Moon, Venus, Jupiter 10 November 04 |
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Saturn, Venus &
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Jupiter, Venus, Moon Conjunction Kevin Rosero has collected 111 pictures from around the world of this 5 to 8 September 2005 conjunction. Click on The Conjunction Project to see his amazing report. |
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