As I promised, here are more pics of my latest trip out to kopernik. They were all taken with the 6" telescope  mentioned before. For the pictures of the sun, it was necessary to use a solar filter, so that we did not hurt our eyes.

Hello everyone! (sorry I haven't posted in a while). The last time I wrote I had just taken some pretty nice photos of the moon, as well as some stars. I was at the beginning of this journey. Now, I am about halfway through. Last night I went up to Kopernik Observatory and it was early enough to shoot some pictures of the sun. I am starting to get very comfortable with the equipment, and I could do much of the work without my mentor. I was able to get some sun spots, (cooler areas of the sun) in good focus once I sharpened them on a computer. I was also able to capture different parts of the moon, including one of its major craters: Tyco. I got some fuzzy images of Jupiter, and I'll put them up despite their bad quality. Venus was harder to get, and because it is so far away it does not look like much. However, when you know what your looking at it can be very interesting. I am posting my final image  of the sun right now, and later this week I will put up my pics of Jupiter venus, and Tyco. Enjoy!