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Old 10-06-2008, 08:55 PM
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Welcome Skygawker, another from our side of the Island, great!

As for solar viewing I use a full apeture JMB glass filter and it works a treat. You can see the setup on my scope on the picture below. Dont forget that these filters are not just for sunspots but some great viewing of transits (Mercury and Venus) can be had too!

Just remember to put the filter on the scope before aiming at the sun or you will have melted eyepiece covers before you can say oh crap!
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