Benjamin Franklin's telescope

This is a two shot HDR from a trip yesterday to a Philadelphia museum called The Franklin Institue. On the roof, they have an observatory, and since the weather was spectacular, they had the roof open, and the scope pointed at the sun, with a special Hydrogen Alpha filter in place, allowing safe viewing of the solar prominences and sunspots....
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Benjamin Franklin's telescope by Justin Ryan sr, on Flickr

Cool image.Like that you get all three subject together to tell a story.

Great shot! I like the perspective in this.

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Originally Posted by aubintbay

Great shot! I like the perspective in this.

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+1 here. Nicely captured.

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Originally Posted by vyeko

Cool image.Like that you get all three subject together to tell a story.

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Very true!

Sure is a great angle and fabulous image. The flare works for me. Thanks for the explanation. I can't imagine doing that with an unfiltered lens would be good for ones eye :)

Very cool shot... definitely tells a story. Well done.

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Originally Posted by vyeko

Cool image.Like that you get all three subject together to tell a story.

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Looks like we are all on the same page. I like it

I agree with everyone - beauty of a shot! Also, I enjoyed looking at the mount. That's a very interesting and unique way the scope is counterweighted.

Oh jealous! I love using telescopes! Really lovely shot.