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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Have not done any baffles yet but it is on the list, I am a total believer in same and in fact use a baffled extention on a 6 inch refractor with noticable contrast improvement. Will do the baffle when I shorten the tube after I have the mount and been occupied in building an English Equatorial Mount to carry it actually.
alex
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Geeday Alex,
The light baffles idea I had installed in my prior OTA and after getting the 12" scope I did the same. I attached a picture for you.
The rubber strips that make the baffles come from Clark Rubber (there is a name for this rubber but the name eludes me at the moment), I purchased a small slab of this foam and then used a stanley knife to cut it into strips of the required height and length. Clark rubber also sell suitable glue which sets over night but sticks immediately. I marked out where they should go with a pencil on the inside of the OTA before I stuck them in place.
When you look at the attached image you can see the inside of OTA gets darker, the further down you go (bear in mind when this image was taken with the scope is looking out the observatory door to the bright daylight sky).
The first night out with the new baffles installed for a visual tour thrilled me as the improvement was so noticeable.
regards
Paul M