Jul 122017
Members of the NWFAA headed north Wednesday morning to provide students of the Holt Academy with telescopic views of the Sun. Each class got a quick presentation about the Sun before heading outside to view our nearest star. We had enough volunteers that the students were able to view the Sun four different ways. Frank Atchison brought his white light filtered 8″ Meade. Dean Covey provided a Hydrogen-Alpha view. Dave Halupowski had his Unitron refractor setup for solar projection and Tom Haugh had his spectroscope set up. A couple of times the clouds slowed the lines at the telescopes but everyone got a chance at each solar device.