With the upcoming Venus transit in June and just the general cloud issues I was looking into building a solar scope as another viewing option.
I've got an 4" f12 mirror from a old newt that the silvering has been mostly gone and wondered if using it as a low reflective surface ( silver all gone ) how it would work either as a projector setup or whatever.
Anyone ever played with this setup or am I re-inventing the wheel badly ?
I have plenty of other lenses and the old 60mm Refractor which could become a 'sacrificial' projector scope. If it melts it ain't a big loss so to speak.
Come to think of it I have another wee scope that could be a guinea pig with no loss incurred.
Add it to the project list .. could be fun
cheers
Brent