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"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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https://agenaastro.com/lunt-solar-syste ... hapt6.html
or one of these
https://agenaastro.com/coronado-40mm-ps ... scope.html
or one of these
https://agenaastro.com/daystar-chromosp ... dsz4c.html
Don't try it with a plain old Halpha filter. Not safe.
Read
https://www.prairieastronomyclub.org/ob ... n-h-alpha/
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"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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Yes, it should. I spent several afternoons with a rig consisting of anThefatkitty wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:12 am Here; it should work with your 120mm...http://www.daystarfilters.com/Quark.shtml
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Thanks very much. I saved all the information onto my USB astronomy hobby disk. A pair of 20x100 binoculars or a 6"
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Baader Solar Film is an excellent low cost way to start solar observing.
See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885
EQ: TAL MT-1, Vixen SXP, SXP2, AXJ, AXD
Az/Alt: AYO Digi II, Stellarvue M2C, Argo Navis encoders on both
Tripods: Berlebach Planet (2), Uni 28 Astro, Report 372, TAL factory maple, Vixen ASG-CB90, Vixen AXD-TR102
Diagonals: Astro-Physics, Baader Amici, Baader Herschel, iStar Blue, Stellarvue DX, Tak prism, TAL, Vixen
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The color on your photo in the OP is actuallyRefractordude wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:53 am Just discovered that the Sun is not orange yellow but actually white.
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