White light Sun for 18 Nov.

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White light Sun for 18 Nov.

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Still struggling for a good solar filter. Baader film works, but the image quality is not as good as my old filter. A new filter should arrive tomorrow. Whoopie!

Here's what I got yesterday.

-Rik
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I didn't have any of these problems with the old filter and a broadband 656.3nm filter. I get the newfilter tomorrow and am
looking forward to using it.....stay tuned. -Rik


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Hi Richard

a fine report


Only stardust in the wind, some fine and some less fine scopes, filters and adapters as well. Switzerland 47 N, 9 E, in the heart of EUROPE :)

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Great shots :band2

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Nice work, I wish my efforts at white light were half as good.


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Rik the other day we had dense fog and I could make out the large AR naked eye .Hope all goes well with the new filter.


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Post by marktownley »

Nice shot there Rik!


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Nice results


Solar kit: GP-C8 with Thousand Oaks Solar filter, APM 80mm F/6, Lunt Herschel Wedge, Solar Spectrum 0.3Å H-alpha filter, Beloptic Tri-Band ERF (80mm free aperture), Thousand Oaks 90mm ERF, Coronado SolarMax II 60mm with Double Stack Unit. Lunt straight B1800 Ca-K module.
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