Have just returned from a brilliant holiday in Prague.
We enjoyed visiting the Stefanik Observatory which is open to the public for viewing the Sun during the day and the moon and planets at night.
Toot, Jude, Jon and I were lucky to observe the Sun in both white light and hydrogen alpha light.
It was a great thrill to see a mighty prominence soaring above the solar limb through the eyepiece.
We also visited the western dome and looked through the 370mm Maksutov Cassegrain telescope. Really dwarfed my 90mm mak!
I suffered a bad case of telescope envy!
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| Main Dome |
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| Western Dome |
For more Stefanik Observatory information follow the link :
http://www.observatory.cz/english.html
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