2. Dominican Republic

Solar Observing in the Dominican Republic

The large sunspot group 1158 was observed and imaged by members of the Dominican Republic on sunday February 13, 2011. Eric Ramos reports "Here are some pictures....They were taken either handheld or with a tripod. They do not do justice to the view we had but some are close. This was our first attempt at the sun. ..we will learn. I could have opened the 8 inch to full aperture but the sun was setting and didn´t want to disturb the setting. Here they go and I tried to keep the resolution as high as possible so it wouldn´t lose more." All images are by Goku.
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  • "When you called we were just observing what I considered a very notorious and large chain of sunspots just crossing the solar meridian...I even got scared of flares pointed our way! I knew right away this wasn´t a normal sighting. I even told you about it!" "We were at the local Botanical Garden´s parking lot with a few members of the group. We didn´t care much about the hot asphalt." Taken in a new electrically guided Celestron 8 inch SCT with a mylar filter. The image was a beautiful white with lots of resolution. SLR Camera on T-mount, 8” Celestron SC Telescope with f 6.3 reducer. Mylar filter. (Click on any image to enlarge.)

    "When you called we were just observing what I considered a very notorious and large chain of sunspots just crossing the solar meridian...I even got scared of flares pointed our way! I knew right away this wasn´t a normal sighting. I even told you about it!" "We were at the local Botanical Garden´s parking lot with a few members of the group. We didn´t care much about the hot asphalt." Taken in a new electrically guided Celestron 8 inch SCT with a mylar filter. The image was a beautiful white with lots of resolution. SLR Camera on T-mount, 8” Celestron SC Telescope with f 6.3 reducer. Mylar filter. (Click on any image to enlarge.)

  • The day was so perfect that even almost setting the sun was practically steady. No clouds in the sky the whole afternoon....From 3:00pm to later than 7:00 when we last looked at the moon. We were that excited. SLR Camera on T-mount, 8” Telescope, Mylar filter

    The day was so perfect that even almost setting the sun was practically steady. No clouds in the sky the whole afternoon....From 3:00pm to later than 7:00 when we last looked at the moon. We were that excited. SLR Camera on T-mount, 8” Telescope, Mylar filter

  • The scopes viewing the sun were: A Coronado PST. Hydrogen Alpha filter with a 15mm eyepiece. Later we discovered the 9.7mm Meade Plossl blew the 15mm away but I think we didn´t use it for pictures. We were so involved that we forgot to do many things. Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter

    The scopes viewing the sun were: A Coronado PST. Hydrogen Alpha filter with a 15mm eyepiece. Later we discovered the 9.7mm Meade Plossl blew the 15mm away but I think we didn´t use it for pictures. We were so involved that we forgot to do many things. Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter

  • Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter

    Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter

  • Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter.

    Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter.

  • Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter.

    Afocal Camera with tripod. 8 inch newtonian stopped to 80mm with Criterion S-4 filter.

  • Cámara SLR afocal, sin trípode, telescopio Coronado. SLR camera handheld ,Coronado PST and 15mm eyepiece

    Cámara SLR afocal, sin trípode, telescopio Coronado. SLR camera handheld ,Coronado PST and 15mm eyepiece

  • President of the Dominican Astronomical group Miguel Acevedo kneeling down.

    President of the Dominican Astronomical group Miguel Acevedo kneeling down.

  • Fritz looking at the solar spots through his new Celestron Coronado on Meade LX75 mount.

    Fritz looking at the solar spots through his new Celestron Coronado on Meade LX75 mount.

  • One of the curious visitors looking at very sharp images.

    One of the curious visitors looking at very sharp images.

  • "My 8 inch dob stopped down to 80mm for no obstruction and an S4 Criterion solar filter (the sun looks light green with it). I was trying the filter after 10 years and wanted to go easy ...not full aperture. I even forgot to open it up as we were too excited." Looking through the 8 inch Dob masked to 80 mm. Eric Ramos (on left)

    "My 8 inch dob stopped down to 80mm for no obstruction and an S4 Criterion solar filter (the sun looks light green with it). I was trying the filter after 10 years and wanted to go easy ...not full aperture. I even forgot to open it up as we were too excited." Looking through the 8 inch Dob masked to 80 mm. Eric Ramos (on left)

  • A nice moon was watching us.

    A nice moon was watching us.

  • Some late high clouds began to creep dodging wires for this picture.

    Some late high clouds began to creep dodging wires for this picture.

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    One of the curious visitors looking at very sharp images.
    "My 8 inch dob stopped down to 80mm for no obstruction and an S4 Criterion solar filter (the sun looks light green with it). I was trying the filter after 10 years and wanted to go easy ...not full aperture. I even forgot to open it up as we were too excited." Looking through the 8 inch Dob masked to 80 mm. Eric Ramos (on left)
    A nice moon was watching us.