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Saturday September 27, 2014
from 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Daytime Observing Event
Solar Party
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behind Fishcreek Elementary School
5080 Fishcreek Rd Stow, OH 44224

Click here for a map and directions to the observing field
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View sunspots, prominences and solar flares
on our star, the Sun, with detail shown
only when the view is limited to the light of
Hydrogen-alpha (H-α) at 656.28 nm (6562.8 Ångstroms)
provided by a specially equipped solar telescope.
A special white-light filtered telescope will also
be present for incredible views of sunspots.

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Click
here for a current photo of the Sun in H-α light
.
.Click
here for a current photo of the Sun in white light

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Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic

 
Jet Stream (updates automatically to latest available image)
    The Jet Stream affects astronomical "seeing" (steadiness of the air)
    If we're in a gray area, seeing will not be as good as in a white area.
    If we're in a white area, the shorter the arrows, the better.

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