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Hello Solar forum dwellers 
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With the feedback of several of you, I've put together a list of the best threads posted on this forum, and also external links users have pointed as relevant. The external links are included as a convenience per users' suggestion, but subject to the Terms of Service (Read carefully). The intent is to have a more centralized repository of those must-read threads that cover the topics more relevant to everything Solar. This is not meant to be a definitive list at all; I'm planning to keep adding to it as you continue to submit useful additions. To submit a suggestion for this list, please send me a private message.
For clarity and ease of search, I'm dividing the topics into several overarching sections, which may overlap a bit (or a lot).
1) On safety while practicing solar astronomy (in compliance with CN ToS rules regarding disassembly and modifying solar equipment).
2) On solar theory and observing
- Astrospheric (External)
- Astronomy Seeing (External)
- GONG H-alpha Data (External)
- Observing the sun in Ca II K (External)
- Observing the Sun in H-Alpha | Prairie Astronomy Club (External)
- WAS April 2021 Monthly Meeting / Dr. Lisa Upton The Sun, Space Weather and the Solar Activity Cycle (External)
3) On Filters and Etalons
- Etalon Basics - Solar Observing and Imaging - Cloudy Nights
- What is double-stacking – and why should I do it? - Solar Observing and Imaging - Cloudy Nights
- Not all filter bandpasses are created equal. - Solar Observing and Imaging - Cloudy Nights
- Tilt tuning Etalon - Solar Observing and Imaging - Cloudy Nights
- Tuning trick for knowing you're on-band - Solar Observing and Imaging - Cloudy Nights
- Filters (astrosurf.com) (External)
- Analysis of F-P Ha filters (astrosurf.com) (External)
- An Introduction to Air Spaced Etalons and Solar Telescope Technology
- An Introduction to Solid Spaced Etalons and Solar Telescope Technology
- Using a Nightime H-Alpha filter for Solar viewing?
- Nighttime H-Alpha filter for Solar viewing? Part 2
- Single Vs. Double Stack
4) On white light filtering (solar film, glass filters, wedges, etc.)
5) On imaging
- Tutorial: How to Create a Solar Time-Lapse (External)
- Solar Animation Tutorial (PDF, External)
- Solar Imaging Tutorial: Data Acquisition, Alignment & Processing (External)
- Solar Processing Workflow, single shot including both the limb and the surface in hydrogen alpha (External)
- Solar Animation How To 11 15 2020 (External)
- Hutech Hinode Solar Guider First Light 6/1/2019 - Solar Observing and Imaging - Cloudy Nights
- SolarQuest (alt/az) timelapse de-rotation? (External)
- TiltingSun (External)
