Re: [ATM] Advice on Solar scopes/observation

[Anthony Stillman <atmer@flash.net>]

--- tony gondola <acgna@comcast.net> wrote:

> ...use the scope
> for imaging only, would 
> just 2 reflections...F/24.


If by "imaging" you mean photography, yes.  Especially
if the light is filtered and/or the photographic paper
is very slow.

I find several web sites where two bare glass
reflections and a filter are all that is used for
visual observation.  

Anthony


The aforementioned angled cover glass:
http://hometown.aol.com/sfsidewalk/sunscope.htm
http://astro.sci.uop.edu/~sas/Newsletter/TTN_SolarViewing.html

Joe Mayenschein described what worked for him:
http://astro.umsystem.edu/atm/ARCHIVES/SEP01/msg00898.html

Steve Dodder:  
http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman/Solarconst.html


--- tony gondola <acgna@comcast.net> wrote:

> ...use the scope
> for imaging only, would 
> just 2 reflections...F/24.

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