Pictures from the MWO SOAR 2026 program.
Paula is explaining solar physics in the tunnel of the Snow telescope.
Students are standing around the Snow telescope spectrograph. The brightly illuminated disk is the projection of the Sun on the slit.
Another view of the spectrograph, with Patricia taking a close look.
Patricia is pointing at the Snow telescope coelostat, an astronomical tracking device with a flat mirror driven by a clock mechanism to follow the Sun.
Steve is explaining how he draws sunspots on the projection of the Sun at the bottom of the 150-foot solar tower.
John is explaining the operation of the Snow telescope spectrograph.
Paula is explaining the basics of solar physics.
Paula is explaining the operation of the solar Lunt telescope in the Snow telescope tunnel.