Colorado Observatory Invites You to Admire the Sun at Special Times This Summer

With the right gear, staring at the sun is encouraged—especially in Colorado.

This image from June 20, 2013, shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the sun’s atmosphere, called a prominence eruption. Last summer, solar flares and coronal mass ejections created Earth's strongest geomagnetic storm in decades. Courtesy NASA Goddard/TNS

By Seth Boster The Gazette

One should not stare at the sun, of course. But with the right equipment, staring is encouraged—especially at a certain, astronomically focused pocket of Colorado. And especially in the months ahead.