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Old 21-05-2012, 07:52 PM
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Nico13 (Ken)
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Getting Ready for Venus

Hi all,
Well like most I guess I'm waiting with baited breath for the Venus Transit but also like a lot I don't have a solar scope so the Baader Filter to the rescue.

A little work with the band and jig saws with a couple of bits of MDF, a bit of flat black, a couple of screws add some sticky back foam and bingo one Solar Filter for the ED80.

Turned out pretty good I think quite happy with the little bit of handy work .

Think I'll do an off center for the 8" SCT as well so we can view through one and image with the other.
Haven't done any solar before so got to get this going and have a bit of practice with it
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