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Set up 10×50 binocs, 80f5 refractor (both with Baader Astro-Solar filters) and a Solarscope at school. The event was enjoyed by pupils of all ages:
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The images in the Solarscope were occasionally photographed:
Also tried a hand-held shot through the 80f5 eyepiece:
Lovely
chromatic aberration!
The day after the event, some 6/7-year olds made some "get well" cards for a sick classmate. Their teacher assures me that they were not prompted to do what appeared in over a quarter of the cards. Here are four of the "special" (to me) ones:
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This is the sort of thing that really makes it worthwhile making a bit of an effort to show things to young people.