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Originally Posted by Merlin66
BTW... Suzy_A; don't be too critical of the PST, it's a great scope for its size and when the solar activity kicks back in I'm 100% sure there will be more whan enough Proms and faculae to satisfy you.
A good check, however, on the optics and tuning of the PST filter is to be able to see granulation structure on the surface...this normally requires a 10mm eyepiece on my unit. Do you see the same?
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My main issue with the PST is that the magnifation available with it is too low and the eyepiece that comes with it is... not the best. Also I had to do a few mods to it so that I could use it with a camera - the focal plane was nowhere near the film/sensor plane.
I've been intending on doing the mod to attach the good bits to my ED80 - I actually did it with rolls of stickytape and string to hold it together, and I asked someone to make up a few bits for me so that I can put it all together properly. Hopefully they'll get around to it soon...