Mother's Day Sun - Lunt 35mm scope

[RichardJ]

I thought I would experiment with my 35mm Lunt scope and DMK camera using my alt-az mount. Here are some results.

RichardJ :)

[JB80]

Lovely Richard. :)

[starrynight]

Great pics Richard. While we were in Sydney someone had set up a solar telescope at Circular quay near the overseas terminal. I was actually knocked out by the images through the eyepiece and decided we had to get one for our public viewing. The only information from him ( not a member) was that it was a Lunt without a double stack so I thought it would be pretty easy to duplicate. Got some info from Don at Bintel and inspected a scope owned by Luke Dodd in Qld - a double stacked LS60 with B1200 blocking. Very disappointed with images,,there was some issue with the blocking filter being contaminated. We just want the best wow! factor- prominences and surface features, like we saw in Sydney. Do you know who this person was? imaging not so important at this stage. Any suggestions. Much appreciated!

[RichardJ]

Hi Philip and Marie,

Sorry, no idea who that person was. Great idea showing the public the Sun. My Lunt 35mm scope is a great scope. The image is bright and the Prom and disc details are terrific given the small aperture. I look at the Sun each morning before work when possible.

regards,

Richard.