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Sun sights during cloudy weather - CarlosPindle - 12-21-2015
The clouds aren't always cooperative when taking shots of the Sun. The Sun partially peeking through an overcast sky can often be useful when using the correct filter. What I mean is the Sun often appears as though you're viewing it through fog.
How cloudy of a day has it been when you made a successful shot of the Sun?
Is there and infrared detecting sextant?
Carlos
RE: Sun sights during cloudy weather - EdCa - 12-22-2015
(12-21-2015, 06:47 PM)CarlosPindle Wrote: The clouds aren't always cooperative when taking shots of the Sun. The Sun partially peeking through an overcast sky can often be useful when using the correct filter. What I mean is the Sun often appears as though you're viewing it through fog.
How cloudy of a day has it been when you made a successful shot of the Sun?
Is there and infrared detecting sextant?
Carlos
There sort of is but not for us ordinary people;
Optical Celestial Navigation System
"Can't be jammed"...."does not give off any signals"
My guess is the ultimate navigation system will not be GPS but inertial combined with celestial.
Ed