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Old 15-01-2014, 07:30 PM
Kunama
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Originally Posted by eeyore View Post
Matt,

Thanks. With kids, I find that picking up this hobby/interest has been good on a number of fronts, as I can share this with a few others! I am waiting for delivery/arrival of the scope, but given the weather forecast in Melbourne, looks like not many good opportunities this week.

Question, why did you choose the 1.7 Q rather than the CQ 1.6 extender? Also, I have been reading that you can adapt 2" accessories to the back, but I can't find the exact adaptors that is available currently to do that, any ideas?

Actually interested in the white light solar observation, as I have never done it, and I think the kids would be really interested in that, since a. it can be done during the day, and b. things actually happen... Have you tried any H-alpha filters on the scope?
I bought the 1,7Q from the IIS classifieds no reason for this instead of the other except that this allows me to use the Baader ClickLocks on the back.
I was about to get an adapter made for the Baader ClickLock but just found that Optcorp sell them. You can however get a Takahashi adapter which has a compression ring from any Tak dealer. (TOA0060 refers)

I haven't done Ha with this scope at all only whitelight with the Baader 2" Cool Ceramic Herschel Prism. Hopefully my Baader bits arrive this week so I can post some pics of the setup.
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