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Old 17-09-2013, 08:16 AM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
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Hi Danny and welcome to the wonderful world of empty pockets , that's what AP is .
And as Ken said you need either a Ha solar scope from Coranado or Lunt to view the sun in Ha light NOT!!! a Ha deep sky filter these are NOT!!! the same .

The 1st shot is Venus from last year thru my 127mm istar and Lunt 'Hershel Wedge' solar filter , this gives great 'white light ' views .

You get similar results by using a solar filter material like Shark Bait's one .

The 2nd and 3rd are taken thru my Coranado 'SolarMax 40' Ha telescope , this shows prominances etc.
And the 4th is the Wedge in my SKY90 and SolarMax 40 side by side .

All these shots taken 'High Tech' with my HTC one hand held up to the eyepieces , great results can be had this way .
Just one more thing , the Hershell Wedges only work in refractors , no other design of scope .
Keep us informed as to your progress ..

Brian.
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