Part 1 – Amateur Science Projects with Paul May Paul started the evening with his discussion on amateur science projects covering four topics: Spectroheliography Paul gave an update on the progress made with his MLAstro SHG 700 Spectroheliograph. How a spectroheliograph works is explained briefly in this manufacturer's description: “A slit is used to capture a small slice of sunlight. This light passes through a collimator, which turns it into parallel rays. These ray

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