More sun and moon

I got the big telescope fired up again the other day. It's been a while, but the size and weight of the thing can be a bit off-putting.

The sun's still full of major sunspots, despite it being a few years past the predicted maximum in its 11-year cycle.

Solar viewing and photography all done with proper solar filter in place of course. Never try this sort of thing without one.

And the moon was as spectacular as ever. Of course we now know there are lots of other bodies in the solar system that look rather like the moon - and lots that look quite different too. All amazing to behold, in their own ways.






Another technical note: with my cassegrain with prism eyepiece connector, things appear both upside down and back to front. If you're a competent moon-navigator and got disoriented, that's why.