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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 3150413" data-attributes="member: 111403">. Thank you Kimmo and David.David, regarding reading the aircraft letters, the whole point is that you were looking for letters to read.When I was looking at the aircraft, I was definitely not looking for letters or a name.When I pressed the stabiliser button of the 2014 build Canon 8×25 IS the name  ETIHAD  magically appeared in large letters which had colour. This rather amazed me as it was so easy to read that I could not believe that I'd missed it without the stabiliser. But with the stabiliser off I actually could not read it probably because it was moving and I had to track the aircraft.I think that you are both doing excellent work in measuring and quantifying the results with and without a tripod and with the stabiliser and a Finnstick.Also observations are very personal and mine are mainly non-bird related. I'm usually panning with the binocular, which also highlights the difference between a stabilised and non-stabilised binocular.David, I'm not really happy with the photographs of that pimple as it is at the limit of the camera I was using and there is some irradiation at the edges. At a later date I hope to take better photographs with a more capable camera or perhaps using a telescope.Incidentally, today when I was out in the street I saw a protected unaided eyes sunspot, which I estimated as 39 arc seconds penumbral diameter. It took about eight seconds to see and confirm it. I suspected it probably after three seconds.It was favourably placed though just below centre disc. Seeing protected unaided eyes sunspots near the Sun's limb is very difficult because of crowding.Nowadays, when my eyes are tired I cannot see fine detail but today my eyes were rested.</blockquote>

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