MAK 90mm for solar

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MAK 90mm for solar

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Hi

have you ever try to use a small 90mm MAK + Herschel wedge?

I know that herschel should be only use with refractor, but maybe a 90mm mak wouldn't be that critical...


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Might get a bit hot at the secondary?


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no other point of view?


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Re: MAK 90mm for solar

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No, not really.....
The heat on the secondary - which in the case of a Mak is a deposited aluminium disk and not "glued" to the corrector will be <<8W.
Should be minimal risk.


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Merlin66 wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:04 pm No, not really.....
The heat on the secondary - which in the case of a Mak is a deposited aluminium disk and not "glued" to the corrector will be <<8W.
Should be minimal risk.
How about a quark with a 127mm Mak? I would for sure use an IR blocker at minimum back at the diagonal to shield the quark, but what are people's thoughts about the risk this would pose for the telescope itself?


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Wasn't one of the early Quark variants targetted at the Questars, so presumably the combos would work ?
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I should have been more clear---I'm considering doing this without a full size external ERF, and am curious about the risk this poses for the telescope.


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I'd be comfortable recommending just the UV/IR for the 90mm aperture, but not the 125mm without testing.....


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If you were testing things, how would you go about doing it? I have a lead on a relatively cheap scope, and would be willing to risk it for the data collection. :)


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Re: MAK 90mm for solar

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I would set the telescope up, no eyepiece etc. and use a series of aperture spots, 90mm, 100mm,110mm diameter and work my way through them - leaving the telescope tracking the sun for up to five or even ten minutes for each setting.
Checking all the time for obvious signs of energy damage - the secondary, the objective, the eyepiece baffle area etc.
If the tests go OK at full aperture then I'd say you should be OK.
Any questions, let me know.


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one more point : there is many plastic part in mak scope. If for any reason sun is not well centered : expect a melt plastic smell...


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Re: MAK 90mm for solar

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There is a version of the Combo made for Questar but this was also to be used with a front ERF.

If you have a Maksutov with just a coated spot for the secondary then it will depend on the coating as much as anything else. If the coating is aluminium then it should reflect UV down to about 200nm quite well. If the surface quality is not very good then it will also disperse the UV as opposed to reflect it toward the eyepiece. If it were silver then its reflectivity drops quite fast so at 300nm it just absorbs UV and that might be bad. I guess as this is a budget scope it will be aluminium. Think you should keep an eye on it though (not literally!)


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Re: MAK 90mm for solar

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Sounds good. I'll report back if I end up getting the scope, and we'll see what happens! Thank you for the help, everyone.


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