A cheap or free solar finder

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A cheap or free solar finder

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Having gone to the total eclipse in 2017 I must have had some sort of solar finder, but of course I can't find it now and have no memory of even what it was. Since we have an annular eclipse coming up next week and the total eclipse next year, I made one from some foam core board and thought those who check this beginners' page might be interested. I posted some instructions here: https://theskysearchers.com/viewtopic.p ... 09#p254709

Hope it's of some value.
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Thanks for posting, it certainly can be difficult finding the sun sometimes.
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Re: A cheap or free solar finder

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This will definitely inspire someone , thx .
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