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Old 15-08-2022, 09:41 AM
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Daniel,
The choice comes down to two things: Budget and degree of interest.
The starting point would be a white solar filter - Baader Solar film. Relatively cheap and very capable of giving good views and images in white light. No other filters required.


The next step, to give a small marginal improvement - around 10-15%, would be to use a Herschel wedge. No other front filters required. A couple of hundred $$$



A mono camera gives best results. I've standardised on the ASI 1600MM.



Moving from the white light into H alpha (or CaK) is very expensive!!


The Quark can give good H alpha results and with your 130mm aperture a good UV-IR is recommended as a minimum; many users use a narrow band 35nm H alpha filter.


You don't need a front energy rejection filter (ERF)


Going to a dedicated solar H alpha scope - 60mm Coronado or Lunt is a major commitment and expense. A couple of thousand $$$$$



As a viable alternative to the above, the Mini Spectroheliograph is worth looking at. Much much cheaper and much more versatile allowing safe imaging at all wavelengths - CaK and H, Mg and H alpha and beta etc.
See the Sol'Ex webpages for an introduction.
http://www.astrosurf.com/solex/sol-e...tation-en.html

You can find some examples of the SHG results here:
https://groups.io/g/Solex-English/messages

If you need any further info on the SHG let me know.

Last edited by Merlin66; 15-08-2022 at 09:53 AM. Reason: added info
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