[csb (Craig)]

A question many people have is what will I see, what's the view like.

I searched the Net for some pics for a fellow IIS member who asked me just that question.

I think you can get the best out of the PST and other solar telescopes by connecting it to a laptop - you get much more detail and a "closer" view. Image will always be B&W or, with a colour cam, it will be red due to Ha being in the red (I think I am correct here).

Here is my response to IIS member, with pics:

These are very closely representative of what you will see - pics 2&3 have a dark disc because the images have been edited by author ie image in PST is solid red colour.


#1 This is exactly what you see, minus the eclipse. I can get a sharper image.

#2 With a bit of zoom, perhaps 8mm, and an active sun.

#3 Perhaps with a 5mm - I just guess you will see this detail.

#4 My PST image (March 2008)- a stack of 3 images from video taken with DMK21AF camera, Nexstar mount.

And remember the image will be smaller than here but pics 1&2 show the same as what I see.

With some practise and tuning of the etalon, you can see granulation but very faint.

You can use a barlow and it's very useful.