CV-205 Tom Mangelsdorf, Alaska, United States
CV-Helios Network member
since 2nd January 2018
I am Tom
Mangelsdorf from Alaska, USA.
I got my 1st telescope back in 1973, and spent the
next nearly 40 years studying variable stars.
It was the Venus transit on 2012 that made me turn my attention
toward the sun.
I became super-absorbed as I began to learn more of the Sun
and spaceweather, I wish I had caught on to this a long
time ago!
I take my solar 'scope to the Museum in Anchorage from time to
time and set it up on their lawn.
People love to see the Sun, and it gives me a chance to share
fascinating solar facts with people of all ages and
backgrounds.
I have not totally given up on nighttime observing.
Here in Alaska, in the winter we have nighttime all day, and in
the summer we have daytime all night.
Here a some photos of my solar 'scope at the museum, and my
backyard observatory.