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I'm looking for a glass solar filter for a 6 NNewtonian telescope. I had the Orion 6 white light solar filter but when testing it out this weekend, I...
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Personally I prefer using Baader solar film as the resolution is much better than Mylar or glass.
Why would adding a Barlow to the eyepiece in one telescope work, but not in another telescope?
I have two telescopes: a Lunt 102 for visual and...
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If using a 10 mm with 3x barlow you are into empty magnification with the eyepiece operating at 3.3 mm
77x per inch of aperture would be to much for...
I'm hoping it's not just me - but it happens on both my 'scopes in CaK and Ha - but how does
everyone cater for the glare that creeps into prom...
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You are correct about the conditions Geoff , I will not set up unless my conditions will support decent images . I am happy to report that my sky has...
According to Gong there's a fair bit happening, and according to Met Office Thursday is to be bright and sunny for a change. Fingers crossed.
Keith.
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Have you tried yr.no in Norway? I used the site a lot, but stopped for some unremembered reason. I think I'll have to go back and try it again. They...
26 days to go for the annular eclipse. Today was my first day off work in a while and it happened to coincide with decent weather so I decided to set...
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Nice setup Greg , better to find the weak link now rather than in the field during the shoot .
I will be looking forward to seeing what you catch .
Here you go Solarheads, all set up for you.
Apparently our Met Office seems to think that the rain fall in the UK is all down to the position of the...
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Great news for you Jean Yves messier 111
Lunt has very high standards . I know you will enjoy your new scope and am looking forward to reading a...
I'm currently in the middle of some of the very best seeing conditions I've ever experienced while solar imaging (11:50am PDT). Now when I say that,...
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I've never had a quality graph look this good in AutoStakkert.
Neither have I, that's amazing! I would love to get 25% above the top bar with...
Just set it up this morning, my newly arrived Lunt ha scope. Now for the sun that has hardly been seen for the last month. A couple of test runs and...
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Congrats on the new rig. I'm curious why the jump from 40mm to 50mm and not slightly larger like the 60 or 80? Besides the obvious, cost...
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