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Here is the Solar Image of the Week.
Thanks to: Dodi
LS60T/Ha Single Stack

Recent image of AR11045.

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SOHO, the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, is a project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind.

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The Sun is our Star!

.......and as you would expect, our Star is hot, bright, dynamic, and sometimes quite violent.

At 93 million miles away, we are ideally placed at a point where the Sun provides just enough warmth and energy essential to our living planet, Earth.
At only 93 million miles, the Sun is close enough for us to view it's surface thru a relatively inexpensive scope from the comfort and relative safety (Sunscreen please) of our backyards on a clear and warm day.

What! Astronomy during the day? Lunt Solar wants to show you how.

References

Prominences:
These look like eruptions from the edge of the Solar disk. Prominences can be small spikey looking details, or large cloud-like detail with fine feather-like features.

They are, in fact, ionized Hydrogen-alpha emissions being projected from the linb.

Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the Mesosphere, and extend outward into the Sun's Troposhere.
They typically measure many earth diameters.

Filaments:
These are strin-like features on the surface of the Sun.

At high resultion they take on a 3D effect due to the coller aspect of the suspended filament contrasted against the bright, hotter Sun.

They are actually prominences being viewed against the surface.

Spicules
A Spicule is a dynamic jet of gas about 500km long.
They move outward at about 20km/second thru the Chromosphere.

Father Angelo Secchi of the Vatican Observatory discovered them in 1877.

The Chromosphere is entirely composed of Spicules. These features can be seen as "fur"around the edge of the disk.


There's definately stuff to look at :)

Archive for January, 2010

January 28th, 2010

Picture taking with LS35T

With images like the one taken above it’s easy to see why the Lunt Solar LS35T is a popular choice.

Now available direct from stock!!

Contact Rikki c/o sales@luntsolarsystems.com

Visit our website at: http://www.luntsolarsystems.com/catalog-H-alpha-Solar-Telescopes.html

Lunt Solar Systems is a manufacturing and sales facility located in Tucson, Arizona. Lunt Solar design, fabricate, assemble, and test solar telescopes and solar filters. Wether you are looking for a dedicated solar telescope or a solar filter for attachment to you own astronomy telescope, we can help. Solar telescopes models start at $499 for an LS35T (telescope) or the LS50F (filter) all the way thru the 152T and the 160F. Solar observing is both fun and educational. Don’t miss out on Solar Maximum. Feel free to contact us with question or comments and we’d be happy to help.

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January 27th, 2010

With the recent large production run of LS60Ts we are now in the position to be able to offer them from Stock!!

Why are they now in stock?

Although dealers have them on backorder, at this time many dealers are not able to take delivery of the single system for their own stock.

There are a great many Double Stack systems currently on backorder. Unfortunately, the LS50F is the delaying factor, and we are still putting the delivery of new orders for the LS50F and DS systems at ~8 months. People who have the DS system on order have the option of taking the LS60T as a partial shipment. The LS50F will be shipped at a later date (in order of the current BO list). By exercising this option you will be able to utilize the scope to experience the current growing Solar activity.

The LS60T/PT is still on a several month backlog due to mechanical parts manufacture. We do anticipate getting the PT version to stock in a few months (dependant upon ongoing demand). Please check our website dealer page for a list of dealers that do currently stock the PT version. The PT version has been a very popular purchase due to the recent articles in Popular Science and Sky and Telescope. We are working hard to catch back up with demand.

The LS60Ts are available with either a B600 or a B1200 Blocking Filter. They are also available in the Feather Touch version.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments. If you currently have a LS60T (single version) on order with a dealer, please contact that dealer for delivery.

Lunt Solar Systems is a manufacturing and sales facility located in Tucson, Arizona. Lunt Solar design, fabricate, assemble, and test solar telescopes and solar filters. Whether you are looking for a dedicated solar telescope or a solar filter for attachment to you own astronomy telescope, we can help. Solar telescopes models start at $499 for an LS35T (telescope) or the LS50F (filter) all the way thru the 152T and the 160F. Solar observing is both fun and educational. Don’t miss out on Solar Maximum. Feel free to contact us with question or comments and we’d be happy to help.

January 22nd, 2010

We have a small office in the city of Pucallpa.

It is about a 30 to 45 minute drive and about half the drive is dirt road.

I take a motokar into to work everyday. We go thru a couple other towns on the way in and see some beautiful views of jungle.

Sometimes we see some pretty weird views like this motokar carrying chickens. Yes they are alive. 

Our office is small but it has a phone and internet connection which is all I need.

This is where I am when you are talking to me. So give me a call or drop me and email if you have any questions.

More updates from Peru soon.

Ciao, Rikki Hocking

About Lunt Solar Systems LLC…

Lunt Solar Systems is a manufacturing and sales facility located in Tucson, Arizona. Lunt Solar design, fabricate, assemble, and test solar telescopes and solar filters. Whether you are looking for a dedicated solar telescope or a solar filter for attachment to you own astronomy telescope, we can help. Solar telescopes models start at $499 for an LS35T (telescope) or the LS50F (filter) all the way thru the 152T and the 160F. Solar observing is both fun and educational. Don’t miss out on Solar Maximum. Feel free to contact us with question or comments and we’d be happy to help.

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