Salisbury Star Party - Sunday Breakfast

[galathea]

Fantastic shot! The view through the scope was the first time i've ever looked at the sun in any detail and it's great to see it on here.

Amanda H

[NickH]

Fantastic, and thank you for this post Amanda, pleasure to let so many of you have a look

[adamsp123]

Stunning image, really awesome. The blue blob is a great idea to get a sense of the size of those things.

Great to sit and chat with you Saturday Night.

Pete

[NickH]

Thanks Adam

[Mel]

I knew there was something I had forgotten to look for on SGL post-Salisbury...

Nick, thanks so much for doing that mad dash over to my EQ6 to grab the last 15 minutes of the Sun on Saturday - remember? It started out with me, you and Richie assembling the kit and after 5 minutes, there were 15 people huddled round the scope oohing and ahhing - classic!

Oh, and Rob's missus kicking off was unmissable! :D

All the best and see you anon.

Iain

PS Great images.

[NickH]

Thanks so much, and for the loan of the EQ6...wicked, and yes, people loved it, one of the highlights for me in fact, seeing the kids having such a great time looking at something like the Sun

[Milliways]

Wow.. its incredible to think how big they are!! Charlii has re-classified them now as "big trees"

Now we think that the sun is big.. when you compaire it to some others like betelgeuse & VY Canis Majoris, take a look here.. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.svg

Awsome stuff!!

[NickH]

Indeed Dave

Try letting Charlii see this then

http://images.topix.com/gallery/up-U20E19L7JVITACBU.jpg

That's a big old tree..

Is she still hankering for a solar scope?