Daystar Quark Chromo the standard one is already has a built in Barlow of 4.2x i believe, so that is added to the native focal ratio, i do have the "Combo" version which doesn't have any Barlow built in so i can use whatever magnification according to what i have of scopes, so i believe wi...

Nice setup, i might use lenses for solar too and not just photography or DSO.

Those are some incredible solar images, love them all, and i agree that Antlia one is standing out, spot on, then i should just return back the filter into the Antlia wedge and use it as it is, and buy another wedge for Continuum filter.

Ok, i hope the discount will be great percent enough for me to buy something if i need, but is this discount extended to next month or next month by end of the year you will have another discount better?

10% Discount? This is even worse than Chinese other site discounts, i remember in the past i bought ZWO cameras with discount no less than 15-25%.

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EboO wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:14 am Ok, so the best solution would be baader astrosolar and it's not really pricey so i can give a try, and if i’m disappointed i go again on herschel.

Yeah!

ffellah wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:21 pm Thank you Tareq and Stu. It is the SW Evostar72mm ED, the Lunt wedge is 1.25”. The camera is the PG Grasshopper CCD 814 chip. Yes, Stu, definitely more challenging to image: yesterday was windy, below average seeing.

Franco

Thank you

Nice images, which 72mm ED scope?

Also which version of wedge, 1.25" or 2"?

If i can remember well, the wedge is better than solar film, this is one thing, second thing is, the film is better than glass, almost all mentioned that, so your first choice is the herschel wedge then the second one is film, now which film....? If i have to put them in order then i will put Baader...

Tareq, TSO, Askar and SharpStar I think use the same optics and/or are manufactured by the same company. A friend of mine has two SharpStar triplets, a 76 and a 94. Both do very well though to his chagrin I like his TeleVue 85 a bit better :) I had a ST90, it performed poorly over 50x and was not s...

Tareq, Are most of your doublets ED instruments or achromatic doublets. Some APO scopes use ED glass or fluorite doublets and give excellent performance with more light throughput than triplets. I know the Orion ST80 is an achromat. Since I will be using it for planetary as well as deep sky I am le...

I recently got a Player One Saturn-M camera for full disks and like it so far. It's for Halpha imaging with a Lunt 100mm. It is undersampled at the native focal length but I can't quite get full disk with my 2x Powermate. But the disk would fit with a 60mm and 2x PM, and give close to ideal samplin...

And then there is the case of light grasp. Aperture always wins here! Why not, i am really thinking about so large aperture scope that i can rely for light bucket thing, that is why i stopped planetary imaging while ago, and now i am interested in solar so planets can wait. I am planning to buy a 1...

DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:22 pm And then there is the case of light grasp. Aperture always wins here!

Why not, i am really thinking about so large aperture scope that i can rely for light bucket thing, that is why i stopped planetary imaging while ago, and now i am interested in solar so planets can wait.

Tareq, Aperture is certainly to be considered when it comes to seeing. Small apertures will generally out perform large apertures when the seeing is poor. An exception of course is deep sky in some situations where light gathering power may be needed just to detect an object. Thanks Franco! This wa...

So that is the setup for your incredible closeup results, Ah-mazing! I was going to ask you about which setup, nice that you did answer it without me asking, i always like people mentioning or showing setup details so we can learn, thank you. I often add photos of the telescope, but I don't want to...

So that is the setup for your incredible closeup results, Ah-mazing! I was going to ask you about which setup, nice that you did answer it without me asking, i always like people mentioning or showing setup details so we can learn, thank you.

Great as always Eric!

Tareq

Thanks everyone. I was really surprised how much detail the little 72mm refractor would show on both the moon and especially Jupiter in the images. I need to try some nighttime imaging with my 6" F8 Criterion reflector. And yes, I do embrace the dark side as well! James Moon is dirty easy peas...

Awesome beautiful and clear images, well done!

Very nice images James!

Depends what scope you're using and what wavelength Wavelength all of them, i mean Ha, CaK and WL. Scope, for full disk i need to use scopes that gives like smaller FL or almost wider FOV, so like 60mm aperture up to 100mm aperture, after all Lunt recommended to use CaK module up to 100mm even if w...

I have the Lunt 1.25 that I use with my Orion ED80T with no issues. What scope are you using yours with? I use a takahashi fc-100-df, the focus travel is a problem with 1,25". @TareqPhoto i start quark before installing my setup and it's easy to find the sun before mounting quark. And because ...

This is amazingly done, great image, lucky all to watch and image the solar eclipse be it totality or annular. Also nice setup, since last year i started to get things one by one, i do have almost what you have, i just ordered AZ-GTi so i am happy to know it will be a good additional, and i already ...