The Sun

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By Andrew Mackenzie

July 23, 2014 at 11:58 am

Andrew Mackenzie

Wigan

GE x2600 camera, Celestron Powerseeker 76AZ Telescope, Red telescope filter, homemade solar filter.

The sun using a red telescope filter.

2014-07-06T00:00:00

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