Sun
Solar Prominences

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Optics: Coronado Solarmax 90
Mount: Meade LXD75
Camera: Canon Power Shot SD600
Exposure: 1/640th second [ single exposure ] on Auto ISO
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Location: Julian, CA [ Starfest ]
Date August 6, 2010
Notes: Processing: On-camera image acquisition in JPG format. Cropped, sharpened, color balanced, and resized in Photoshop.

This photo was taken by simply holding my point-and-shoot camera up to the eyepiece of a Coronado SolarMax 90 solar telescope that was on display at the Meade booth at the Julian Starfest.

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