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Old 16-10-2007, 11:07 PM
Solanum
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Solar observing

I don't see much on it here, but I'm interested. Can I buy, make (using purchased film) a solar filter for my 10" GSO Dob? I guess an off center reduced aperture type filter would be the significantly cheaper option.

What are my filter options? I think it would only be worthwhile if I could see some texture/sunspots on the disk and prominences.

Is the price going to make it not worthwhile on my dob? Are there major drawbacks in using my scope this way?
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