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Old 20-03-2008, 10:55 PM
Solanum
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There's better people than me to reply to this, but as no one has yet, I will.

Firstly, NEVER use an eyepiece filter to view the sun. It can explode from the heat it absorbs (magnified by your scope) and blind you.

As for the filters which go on the end of your scope, they will only show the the sun's disk, so you can basically see sunspots and that is it. You need the H alpha filters found in the solar scopes you mentioned to view detail on the sun or prominences. They are generally too expensive for use on the full aperture of reflecting telescope.
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