Woops Forgot to sign Colin Davis
52º 14'N 0º 52'W Northampton 23 NN1 5ST ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sundial List" <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:46 PM Subject: Northern lights > Hi to All, > had a look here last night but saw nothing !!!! sodium street > lights. > Projected the sun through a pair of 8*25 binoculars to get an image about > 4" across,after remembering to focus,the spots are clearly visible one large > one and several smaller ones.A card shield to create a shadow helps. The > bigger one has only just come round the limb so will be with us for about > 14 days. > They have also disrupted my other hobby amateur radio ,there is a virtual > black out of the shortwave bands. > DON'T LOOK THROUGH THE BINOCS. > > > 52º 14'N 0º 52'W > Northampton > 23 NN1 5ST >
