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Hydrogen AlphaWhat is Hydrogen Alpha light?

Find out where the hydrogen-alpha emission line line comes from, what you see, and the different types of equipment used to view this fascinating feature of the sun.
Calcium K LineWhat is the Calcium K Line?

Understand the details of this hard to see emission line of the sun. Discover the "Chromospheric Network" of Calcium K emissions and the  observing  equipment used to see it.

CCD Imaging  CCD Image Processing

  The details of processing Ha images
  taken with dedicated CCD cameras.
 

Digicam Imaging  Digital Camera Image Processing

  Information on taking and processing 
  solar images with digital cameras.
 

365
 Astronomy | 356 Days

A spectacular collection of photographs of space and sky, drawn from Jerry Bonnell and Robert Nemiroff’s enormously popular website,

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).
0810957159
$30


The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the SunThe Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun - One of the best illustrated
book on the sun. Hardcover: 268 pages, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1st edition (September 15, 2001), ISBN: 0521780934, $35.00
The Solar Astronomy HandbookThe Solar Astronomy Handbook - A very technical resource that's packed with
charts and graphs. Has information on sketching the sun or contributing data to science. 
Edited by Rainer Beck, Heinz Hilbrecht, Klaus Reinsch and Peter Völker, 6 by 9 inches, hardbound, published 1995 by Willmann-Bell, 
ISBN: 0943396476, 546 pages. $29.95
StormsStorms from the Sun
by Michael Carlowicz and Ramon Lopez.
May 2002, Joseph Henry Press
Solar AstrophysicsSolar Astrophysics
By Peter Foukal, May 1990, ISBN 0471839353
The Sun The Sun -
Steele Hill, an expert on solar images teams up with a noted science writer to present a photographic book devoted entirely to the sun.

$13. ISBN 0810955229 
Observe and Understand the SunObserve and Understand the Sun - Produced by the Astronomical League.
A collection of papers written by well known solar astronomers and describes 
many different ways to observe the sun including White light observing, 
Narrowband Interference Filters (Dell Woods), The Dobson Solar Scope, Prisms and Gratings, Spectrohelioscopes, Solar Photography, and Video Solar Observing. $10
Astrophysics of the sunAstrophysics of the Sun
By Harold Zirin, 448 pages, June 1988, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521302684
Observing the SunObserving The Sun
This unique book is an appropriate addition to any library used by trained astronomers, amateur or professional.
Solar Observing Techniques Solar Observing Techniques - An outstanding “how-to” on Solar Observing.
Paperback: 210 pages, Publisher: Springer Verlag; (September 2001), 
ISBN: 185233035X

High Resolution Astrophotography, Jean Dragesco, 1995 by Cambridge University Press

Observing the Sun, Peter O. Taylor, 1991 by Cambridge University Press 

Observing &Photographing the Solar System, Dobbins, Parker & Capen, 1988 by
Willmann-Bell, Inc.

Secrets of the Sun, Ronald Giovanelli, 1984 by Cambridge University Press

The Sun and the Amateur Astronomer, W. M. Baxter, 1973 by David & Charles

Astrophysics of the Sun, Harold Zirin, 1988 by Cambridge University Press

The Sun, Iain Nicolson, 1982 by Rand McNally and Company

Magazine Articles

How to Choose a Hydrogen-Alpha Filter, Astronomy, March 2007

Astronomy, January 2007

Sun Bursts - Hot News from Our Stormy Star, National Geographic, July 2004

Digital Tricks for Shooting the Sun in Hydrogen-Alpha Light, Sky and Telescope (S&T), July 2004, pg. 137

New Tools for Solar Connoisseurs (white light, Binomites, Cemax), July 2003, S&T, pg. 46

Coronado's NearStar Solar Telescope Tested, Astronomy, June 2003, pg. 86

Imaging the Sun in Ha, Astronomy, June 2003, pg.78

Sun watching with Coronado's SolarMax, S&T, August 2002, pg.52

Solar Flares - The Making of an Aurora, Astronomy, January 2002, pg. 72

A Tale of 2 Filters (Helios 1, ASP-60), S&T, September 2000, pg.59

Blowin' in the Solar Wind, S&T, October 1998, pg. 60

Discovery of a Solar Mystery, S&T, November 1995, pg. 98

The Shape of the Solar Corona, S&T, November 1994, pg. 24

The Baader Prominence Coronagraph, S&T, June 1994, pg. 51

Heading Towards Solar Maximum, Harold Zirin, S&T October 1988, Pg 355

Magnetic Loops in the Sun's Atmosphere, S&T, December 1981, pg. 547

Safe Solar Filters, Ralph Chou, S&T, August 1981, pg.119

The Stormy Sun, S&T, September 1980, pg.199

Does the Sun's Luminosity Vary? Peter Foukal, S&T, February 1980, pg. 111

Warming Up for the Solar Maximum, S&T, October 1979, pg. 315

The Maunder Minimum, S&T, June 1976, pg. 394

Internet

Lunt Solar Systems Yahoo Group
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/luntsolar/

DayStar Filters Yahoo Group
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/daystarfilters/

SOHO Exploring the Sun
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

A.L.P.O. Solar Section
http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/solar/

Space Weather
 http://www.spaceweather.com/

Cloudy Nights Solar Forum
 http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/1,2,3,4,5,8,10/Board/solar

Miscellaneous Equipment

Alpine Astro - offers Solar Spectrum Ha and Calcium K line filters, Baader Cool ERF and other solar equipment

Clothing

Sun Precautions 30+ SPF Sun Protective Clothing

Additional Solar Imagers

Jim Sweeney's World http://www.jimsweeney.net/

Gary Palmer's Solar Minimum http://www.suninmotion.com

Andreas Murner's http://www.andreasmurner.de/

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