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These look great. I'm at my in-laws at the moment and the clear skies have got Grandpa teaching the kids about all this using his slightly more lo-fi setup. I give you - The Sunspot ViewTracker 2000.
It utilises an old set of binoculars of unknown magnification, some scrap wood, a cardboard tube and 87 years of scientific knowledge and experiments. The sun is focused down one side of the binos, through a pinhole in some metal sheet, down through the cardboard tube and onto a piece of paper at the end.
Approximate aim is achieved with the sight markings at the binocular end, and the binoculars focused until a crisp image is projected on the paper.
Zoom/enhance:
Think we need to set up it on consecutive days, trace the spots and get a flip book going!
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That's damn cool
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That is cool indeed. How do you deal with the motion? Does it not move out of view pretty quickly at this magnification?
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Seriously cool!
Can't believe how clear the sunspots are!
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GReat setup, it should take about two weeks to cross the disc so wouldn't matter if a couple of days are lost to sun.
mmccarthy
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