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Dont have any photos -but will post when I take some
It was pretty crude though and it was based on the following which I picked up from another forum
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On the subject of finders for solar viewing or Photography.
I use a momemade gadget which allows me to zero in on the sun while facing away from it. This way I avoid the usual discomfort when looking at the sun in order to get my finder lined up.
I made this thing from some scrap metal I had around the house and it took at least five minutes to make. None of the dimensions are critical either.
Take an 8 - 12 inch piece of flat steel or aluminum which is nice and stiff, mine is an inch wide. at each end, bend a piece of the metal about 1 inch long up at a right angle.
Into one of the bent up pieces drill a hole about 1/16th to 1/8th dia. centered in the bent up area. That's it !!!
Now, mount this thing on your tube with the hole facing towards the sky end of your telescope and align it with the scope's axis just like you would a finder scope.
I use the piggy back screws on my scope rings.
In use, move the scope until the light beam coming through the hole is centered on the other bent up portion of the device. I got fancy and painted a little Bulls eye on it. You aim this thing by watching the side with the Bulls eye on it. As you get reasonably close, the shadow of the opposite end starts covering the bulls eye and this is followed shortly by the light beam, when it's centered, the sun is in your field of view.
By the way, Coronado sells a nice, fancy version of this for about $ 90.- I believe, for their Solar scopes.
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