Picture Gallery

Pictures taken by club members.

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Sun.

Image	Date taken	Details
	M.Scully, 1st Aug 2008	Partial solar eclipse as seen from Tralee. Images from just after the begining at 9:29 BST, 9:35, 9:54, 10:06 and maximum at 10:09.
	2nd June 2006	Taken at Sunset from Valentia Island by Tony Curran, the elusive "Green Flash" where the last of the setting solar disk turns green just as it disappears below the horizon.
	29th March 2006	Extracted from Camcorder footage shot by Trevor O'Donoghue at Magnavat Turkey during the dying seconds of totality at about 13.58 local time. A 12Mb movie (40 secs) of totality is available to download. Right click here & save (this is a large file)
	29th March 2006	Taken at 10:37 BST from near the Black Rock on Banna Beach. It shows the silhouette of the Moon and the small group of sunspots on the lower left.
	29th March 2006	Kevin Lawlor's image of the partial eclipse taken at Killmoyly National School with his Nikon D100 pointed at the eyepiece of his Meade ETX 70. It shows the surrounding clouds nicely.
	11th June 2005	Sunspots (776 and 775) on the center of the disk. Image with Canon 300D and Skylux with Thousand Oaks Solar filter.
	5th May 2005	Sunspot (AR10756) has rotated westward 4 days later. Image with Canon 300D and Skylux with Thousand Oaks Solar filter.
	1st May 2005	Sunspot (AR10756) with SkyluxTelescope as below Main image with Canon 300D and detail using a Philips ToUcam Pro and Registax 3.
	15th January 2005	Telescope as below but using a Philips ToUcam Pro and Registax 3.
	15th January 2005	A large sunspot reaches the center of the disk. Canon 300D at prime focus of Skylux telescope equipped with Thousand Oaks Solar filter.
	19th July 2004	Two days later 10652 as it rotated towards the center of the disk. It produced intense geomagnetic storm activity and some aurora displays.
	17th July 2004	The disturbance, region 10652, as it rotates into view over the rim of the Sun.
	M Scully, 8th June 2004 at 12:13pm	End of the Venus transit. 70mm Skylux refractor, Thousand Oaks Solar filter, image taken with Fuji Finepix 2600z held to the eyepiece.
	Kevin Lawlor, 8th June 2004 at 11:12am	Venus transit. 50mm binoculars, projected image, picture taken with Nikon D100 while in the Town Park.
	Kevin Lawlor, 8th June 2004 at 7:39am	50mm binoculars, projected image, picture taken with Nikon D100. The projected image is inverted so Venus is at the top of the image.
	M Scully, 8th June 2004 at 7:42am	Venus transit. As below.
	M Scully, 8th June 2004 at 7:38am	70mm Skylux refractor, Thousand Oaks Solar filter, image taken with Philips ToUcam Pro webcam at prime focus. 238 frames captures with Vega and processed in Registax.
	Kevin Lawlor, 8th June 2004 at 7:30am	Venus transit. 50mm binoculars, projected image, picture taken with Nikon D100. The clouds we had are easily seen here.
	M Scully, 8th June 2004 at 6:53am	Venus transit. 70mm Skylux refractor, Thousand Oaks Solar filter, image taken with Fuji Finepix 2600z using 'infinity-infinity' method.
	M Scully, 27th February 2004	The Sun on the through a Thousand Oaks Solar filter on a 70mm Skylux refractor. Two nice sets of sunspots are clearly visible.