My LOHA 4" f/11 Ha solarscope

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My LOHA 4" f/11 Ha solarscope

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Hi,

Merlin66 said I should drop by and drool over some of the images being produced by the forum members :) He was right there is some stunning work being produced.

My recently finished solarscope is a Lyra Optic 4" f/11 refractor with a PST Stage II modification. I call it my LOHA scope from Lyra Optic HA :)

The details of the build can be read about here http://www.photosbykev.com/wordpress/20 ... fications/ now all I need is some sun to do some final tweaking.

best regards
Kev


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Hey there Kev! Glad you're here buddy! I reckon you will pick up alot from this forum and others will enjoy seeing your images and setup! :)


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Nice pics Kev . Enjoyed reading your pst mods very good job. It seems you have produced a great scope look foward to the results when all the tweaking is done.
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Hi Kev,
Very glad to see you here :)

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Great PST mod.

best


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Kev,Thanks. ;)


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Hi Kevin

welcome to that wonderful TOS free club. Thank you for sharing your mod, you did a great job


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Kev,
Good to have you on board.
I'm sure there will be constructive traffic both ways, on PST mods and imaging.


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Thank you for the warm welcome and my thanks to Ken for letting me bounce ideas off him during my solarscope build.

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Visit here often Kev! My learning curve has really steepened since this forum came into existence simply because it's populated by the worlds best of the solar world and the fact we can talk about whatever we want without grouchy TOS. :)


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Hi Mark

you are so right


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 :)

from 7 am - 7 pm http://www.nanosys.ch

from 7.01 pm - 6.59 am http://www.wastronomiko.com some times vice versa ;)
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Visit here often Kev! My learning curve has really steepened since this forum came into existence simply because it's populated by the worlds best of the solar world and the fact we can talk about whatever we want without grouchy TOS. :)

It is pleasant not to have to worry too much about rules. It makes it easier to concentrate on not offending people :)


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