“The Sun is a blindingly bright object all by itself – and your observing session has you constantly looking in its direction!” Sun Cross Section – 697,000 km Radius “NEVER Look At The Sun Through ANY Eyepiece Without Protection!” Pre-Observing Observing Tips For a regular feed of his stellar (pun intended) solar views from Singapore, we encourage you to subscribe to his twitter feed at: /yltansg.Ī Guide For Solar Observing Solar Safety: Read Me First! If you find a problem, have a question, or have a suggestion (bearing in mind these are being kept to one two-sided piece of paper), please contact CNYO at 2: We’d like to thank the great solar photographer Alfred Tan for the use of his solar image in this brochure. NOTE: These brochures are made better by your input. Download: A Guide For Solar Observing (v6) This brochure will be available at our combined lecture/observing sessions, but feel free to bring your own paper copy (or the PDF on a tablet – but have red acetate ready!). The third of these, entitled “A Guide For Solar Observing,” addresses our solar observing sessions and is provided below in PDF format. In preparation for upcoming 2013 lecture and observing sessions, we have put together instructional brochures to help introduce the Night Sky to attendees. September/October 2016 – For those who want to jump right to the PDF download (27 MB), Click here: September-October 2016 The web browser-readable version of the issue can be found here: You can find previous Free Astronomy Magazine issues by checking out our Free Astronomy Magazine Category (or look under the Education link in our menu).įor those wanting a quick look at what the issue has to offer, the Table of Contents is reproduced below. The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (September-October, 2016) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure at (click the link to go directly to the issue).įree Astronomy Magazine was featured as the first of a series of articles on great free online content for amateur astronomers (see A Universe Of Free Resources Part 1) and we’ll be keeping track of future publications under the Online Resources category on the CNYO website.

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