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Observing Giant Sunspots
31 October, 2003

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The first observers arrive

A crowd begins to form

An unusually warm day

Lining up for a look

Even the ladybugs came to observe

Bugs everywhere

Beetle invasion!

Even "Duff Man" makes an appearance
Liam Kean '04

"The sun's so bright, it bleached my hair!"
Nick Ormasen

Even the most jaded fans are impressed
Sondra Smith, René Murphy

Observing sunspots makes everyone giddy

"What sun? All I see is hair!"

So, what was everyone looking at?

Photos taken by J. Miller using a Kodak EasyShare CX4200 2MP digital camera,
aimed through a 50 mm eyepiece, on a Celestron C8, f/10

 

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