Guest dardano Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Drawing made at Mont Cosmos Observatory on sunday April 21th 2013 at 22:45 UTC (17:45 EST)Binoculars 25x100 with Orion Solar filters.Great sun spots clusters !+46° 22' 29.90", -71° 5' 13.82" FAB_6951.jpg by Frederic Abel, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wayne Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 That's brilliant. I'm thinking of having a go myself. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 It's always great to keep records, and thats one fine sketch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Smashing sketch - especially with binocs - congrats !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Smashing sketch - especially with binocs - congrats !! Thanks Kim ! That's me sketching the sun behind the monster twins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 That's brilliant. I'm thinking of having a go myself. :-) It's always great to keep records, and thats one fine sketch. Thanks al lot ! This is my first drawing, but not the last More to come, but for that I will buy an AstroSolar filter from Baader and use it with my dobson 8. This way I will be able to enjoy more magnification ! Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Those bins are simply awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Agreed Mick ! Oberwerk 25x100 http://www.oberwerk.com/products/gseries.htm http://www.bigbinoculars.com/25100m.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wayne Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Nice bins man, a good alternative to a telescope. very cool :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 These binoculars are those of a friend, not mine. But yes, they are very cool ! A tripod is mandatory to use there bins. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Whats the tripod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 The tripod is a manfrotto 475B and the head is a manfrotto 501HDV Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Very nice pair of bins and what a good start to drawing solar activity, fantastic stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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