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Special Ed
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There were several solar telescopes at the Green Bank Star Quest last week but very little was happening on the Sun, as most of you know.
Bob Dutilly, a retired project manager who worked on SOHO at Goddard Spaceflight Center, gave a couple of interesting and educational presentations on the Sun and spaceweather. When he was talking about the current solar minimum, he mentioned that the radio telescope at Green Bank had recorded an uptick in solar activity. Indeed, the 40 foot dish at Green Bank is daily trained on the Sun from sunrise to sunset. Here's a pic I took last Saturday at sunrise...
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Special Ed
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Here is its big brother, the 100 meter Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, aka, Big Byrd...
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Michael Rosolina
8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT
4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector
SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector
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APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars
Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars
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stephenramsden
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Where's my wallet?
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Stephen W. Ramsden
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marktownley
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Cool place and cool pickies! 
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Erix
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Very cool. Thanks for the photos, Michael. 
I hope your workshop went well!
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Erika
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orion9
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Very cool. 
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DesertRat
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Cool Michael , thanks for posting!
Glenn
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Special Ed
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Glad everyone likes the pics.
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Very cool. Thanks for the photos, Michael.
I hope your workshop went well!
Erika, the workshop was fun. I'm going to post a report about it in the Sketching forum as soon as I get a chance.
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Michael Rosolina
8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT
4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector
SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector
40mm PST f/10
APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars
Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars
Mark I Eyeball
My CN Gallery
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It only cost $77 Million!!
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