The most intnse solar strom in 50 years

[scott1]

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm?list862664

March 10, 2006: It's official: Solar minimum has arrived. Sunspots have all but vanished. Solar flares are nonexistent. The sun is utterly quiet.

Is there anyway to observe this without becoming blind?

 

[chroot]

Sure. Use a telescope with a hydrogen-alpha filter if you have cash, or a metal-film filter if you don't.

- Warren

 

[tony873004]

Go the SOHO webpage. Or get a solar filter for your telescope.

 

[ray b]

project the suns disk on a sheet of paper
any telescope or even bi-nocks will work
zero cost or danger

 

[turbo]

project the suns disk on a sheet of paper
any telescope or even bi-nocks will work
zero cost or danger

No danger to your eyes, but perhaps danger to your telescope or more likely, the eyepiece.

 

[chroot]

Indeed. If you value your optical equipment, never expose it to direct sunlight. Instead, use an aperture filter.

- Warren