Have you ever wondered what to do with that telescope during
the day?
Why not try Solar astronomy.
Observe and Understand the Sun
The newly reprinted Observe and Understand the Sun manual can help you learn how or enhance and expand upon what you already know. This is a compendium of knowledge and techniques for the solar observer. It is a collection of essays on different aspects of solar observing, from solar telescope design to solar photography. It also covers the more esoteric subjects of monochromatic observing and spectrohelioscopes. Each section is written by a different author and edited by Richard E. Hill, who also wrote the section on sunspot classification. Includes an excellent bibliography on solar topics and now also includes several useful Website address. Edited by Richard E. Hill, 63 pages, published 1990, 2000 by the Astronomical League.