Join the Oregon Observatory staff for solar viewing every day during Spring Break from 11m-2pm. See the sun through our filtered telescopes to get an unbelievable, and safe view, of the Sun (as you have no doubt been told many times, do not look directly at the sun without proper equipment).
Our star is a churning maelstrom of hot gases with far more features than you might think. Look for sunspots as big as Earth in our white light filtered telescope. See surface details and loops of gas called prominences in our hydrogen-alpha filtered telescopes. Staff will gladly explain what you are looking at, and for.See the sun through our filtered telescopes to get an unbelievable, and safe view, of the Sun (as you have no doubt been told many times, do not look directly at the sun without proper equipment).
March 23, 2019
11:00 AM - 02:00 PM