Thats it! I want one!!!!!!!! Where do i gets me one of these scopes? Hi, It is a custom made telescope, design by me, after consultations with couple of astrophotographers like Christian Viladrich. It is manufactured by friend of mine (amateur astronomer as well), who has his own small automobile-c...

Hi Alexandros, there is a misunderstanding about the seeing. In Hungary the seeing is average or poor. We rarely have good seeing, because of the Carpatian-basin. Hence, it is necessary to avoid ground seeing. If one can deactivate groundseeing, the daylight seeing conditions are almost as good as ...

Congratulations Laszlo!!!!!!!!!! :bow :bow :bow If this is average seeing, then what is the good one? This is perfect seeing, never seen by most of us, I think. Did you take the photo from the peer in a lake? Is it the same scope that Christian had presented here one month (or so) ago? I am really ...

Thank you very much for the warm welcome from so many of you.
I am glad that the capture of the 300 mm is appreciated. I am honoured to be part of your community.
Laszlo

AR3034 equatorial sunspot was approximately at opposition on Sunday morning. 300/1200 uncoated Newtonian ASI 174 MM 0,5 ms - 4000/400 frames Baader Solar Continuum 2" average seeing - 20 km/h steady wind 300SOLAR.jpg https://magyarasztrofotosok.hu/upl/img/gal/527/0/3b/2245_dee4.jpg

AR3034 equatorial sunspot was approximately at opposition on Sunday morning. 300/1200 uncoated Newtonian ASI 174 MM 0,5 ms - 4000/400 frames Baader Solar Continuum 2" average seeing - 20 km/h steady wind 300SOLAR.jpg https://magyarasztrofotosok.hu/upl/img/gal/527/0/3b/2245_dee4.jpg

MichaelTeoh wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 2:26 am Amazing. Is an ERF needed for such setup?

Hi, the uncoated mirror itself is the ERF filter. It acts like a Herschell Prism, reflects 4% percent of the sunlight.