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Originally Posted by Merlin66
For comparison I temporarily mounted the 8"sct Eclipsmart filter on my SW120/1000 refractor.
I then changed over to an 80mm clear Baader Solar film filter.
Then finally added my Baader Cool Herschel wedge.
All SER videos taken within minutes of each other, all processed the same way in AS3!
Final file sizes reduced to 1000 pixel width and JPG.
I think it is pretty obvious which solar white light filter is the best and which is the worst.
I'd appreciate your comments.
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This is really interesting to me, thanks for posting, I only just noticed this thread. A while ago when I was first starting out I bought one of these Eclipsmart filters for my 6" SCT. I tried it out on the Sun looking for spots, but it was at a time when the sun was at its minimum and no spots were visible. I found it difficult to see anything (other than a big white circle
), focusing was difficult and I have left it in the cupboard until now.
I plan on trying to image the eclipse from Melbourne (so I'll see a small bit missing at best) and post the results here on IIS. I've also more recently purchased a sheet of Baader 5.0 Solar film which I had planned to mount on something, but have never got around to it. Maybe I can cut the American Paper Optics film out of the Eclipsmart holder and use it to install the Baader film on my 6"...
Andrew