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
White light Sun for 18 Nov.
Re: White light Sun for 18 Nov.
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
looking forward to using it.....stay tuned. -Rik
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Hi Richard
a fine report
a fine report
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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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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.