colinsk
(Carpal Tunnel)
07/31/08 12:11 AM
Re: Using a Nigh H-Alpha filter for Solar viewing?

The red continuim can be a very good place to look for granulation on the photosphere. This is not h-alpha viewing which looks at the chromosphere! The set up is a normal whitelight filter with a 7nm or so H-alpha filter. See this thread:

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2547756/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1

Very nice work!



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