Apr 112016
Our first High School star gaze was a qualified success. Throughout the day, 10 different classes totaling 268 students, attended a brief introduction to telescopes in the school auditorium before adjourning outside to view the Sun through Dennis Hausch’s 80mm H-alpha telescope and his white light filtered Maksutov-Cassegrain.
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Tom Haugh added his white light filtered 4.5″ Newtonian reflector. There were a couple of very small sunspot groups visible in the white light view as well as a small looping prominence in H-alpha light. While most of the students were able to take advantage of the scopes, the intermittent clouds did hamper some of the visibility.
Thanks to Marietta Hausch for the photography.