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Night Sky Adventures is proud to present: Solar System Safaris(tm)
Our newest daytime program.
Astronomy during the day? You bet! Using the latest in modern solar telescope technology and design, Solar System Safaris(tm) will show guests the closest star to the Earth, our Sun, with amazing clarity and detail. Guests will see sunspots, solar prominence's, solar flares, solar filaments, granulation, plage and more. If you have no idea what these terms mean, you will by the end of Solar System Safaris. The program also explores Sun, Earth and Moon relationships, the scale of the solar system and beyond, safe solar radiation experiments and of course solar viewing through two or more solar telescopes. Guest will get hands on experience in how the sun works, why are there lunar phases, how big is the solar system, what is solar radiation and what does it do, and will come away with a sense of where we are in our universe. See prices page for pricing. Discount for combining Solar System Safaris(tm) and Night Sky Adventures(tm) Schools, ask about special school rates. |
Red River Charter School solar viewing Mercury Transit.
Moreno Valley High School Mercury transit November 8 2006.
Transit of Mercury, white light. 11/08/06 Sunspot 926 11/26/06
Sun in H alpha light 11/18/06
Sun is near solar minimum (very few sun spots etc.) in 2006. Solar activity should increase sometime in 2007.
Solar prominence's on suns limb in H alpha. 11/18/06 Solar prominence 11/26/06
Click for information on Coronado solar filters and Celestron telescopes.
Safety information on solar viewing here.