Staring at the Sun...

Hello, lovelies!

I'm back on my blog once again typing about random happenings in my life.

Today, I decided to take my telescope and do some solar observations.  Here's one of the photos I took:

If you squint, you can see a bit of a little cluster of sunspots just down from the center and you may be able to spot some of the other larger ones.  I used my Sony PowerShot to take these images.  All I did was hold the camera up to the eyepiece.  For this image, I used my 20 mm eyepiece in my 8" Equatorial Reflector Telescope with a solar filter of course!!! NEVER EVER EVER look at the sun with a telescope without a solar filter!  The filter blocks out 99.99% of the light, so you can see the sun and not go blind!  So if you ever want to do some solar observing, please purchase a solar filter first.  They are not too expensive (I mean for someone who has bought telescope, because those aren't cheap!).

Aside from that, I've been a busy little worker bee this weekend, cleaning, doing laundry, and working on the loads of schoolwork I have.  Finals are in a little over TWO WEEKS!!!  I'm starting to feel the pressure.  Anyway, I better get back to my studies...

Later!

Peachysara