"The Sun is but a morning star." -- Henry David Thoreau, Walden. Learning to See the Sun in Hydrogen-alpha Light Getting started Later that same week Most recent solar stuff All observations, by date What are we looking at here? All drawings were made in Photoshop using a pressure-sensitive tablet. The telescope is my do-everything 5-inch F6 Astro-Physics refractor carried on a Losmandy G-11 mounting. I used a 2x TeleVue "Big Barlow" ahead of a Lumicon 1.5A filter, usually with a 12 or 16mm Nagler eyepiece. Those combinations are good for 100-125x depending on spacing. HEY! IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER ABOUT HOW TO LOOK AT THE SUN SAFELY, WITH OR WITHOUT A TELESCOPE, JUST DON'T LOOK AT IT AT ALL, OK? You're on the net already, so please GOOGLE a few phrases like "safe solar filters" from companies like Thousand Oaks, Baader, and (if you're flush) DayStar.