
CN Report: HA Solar Observing on a Budget
#1
Posted 23 August 2006 - 07:13 AM
#2
Posted 23 August 2006 - 05:54 PM
I'm not really into solar observing; but, I must admit that from time to time, I would like to have the equipment to take a look.
Fred
#3
Posted 23 August 2006 - 07:02 PM
#4
Posted 29 August 2006 - 09:37 AM
I made the same mistake several NEAF's ago. I took a look outside the side door to check the weather and there he was - the Coronado guy, luring passerby's. He asked me if I would like "a piece of candy" (to take a look) and I said - "no, it will cost me too much money". But after a few WOW's from other unsuspecting attendees who had already taken the bait, I found myself with my eye at the eyepiece. Hook, line and sinker - the rest is history.
#5
Posted 30 August 2006 - 04:15 PM
Lars Spatzek
#6
Posted 30 August 2006 - 07:57 PM
/snip/ On good days (god seeing) the views from 2,5" to 4,5" is so much better, that you just can't believe it!!
Hey Lars... is that a parapraxia, or are those filters that good?
#7
Posted 31 August 2006 - 02:56 AM
/snip/ On good days (god seeing) the views from 2,5" to 4,5" is so much better, that you just can't believe it!!
Hey Lars... is that a parapraxia, or are those filters that good?
If the seeing is good, then the views in the filters are indeed *very* good (especially those with passbands of less than 0.7 Angstroms). I use a 3.5 inch aperture ERF with my DayStar T-Scanner, and there have been a few days when I wished I had just a little more aperture. My PST still gets the lion's share of use on the sun, but occasionally, the T-Scanner will show things at much higher scales and in far more detail than the PST is capable of. Clear skies to you.
#8
Posted 31 August 2006 - 09:58 AM

#9
Posted 17 October 2006 - 06:01 PM



