johninderby

Are you using the diagonal?

One of these should do.

https://www.berlebach.de/en/?bereich=details&id=650

Good stuff. 👍🏻

Think it will surprise you with the quality of the views. 

My best ever white light views have been with the Tecnosky 125 APO and Lacerta wedge. Used to have a Baader Cool Wedge but used on a smaller scope and while it gave good views my latest setup is better. Think the combination of wedge and scope is the key. 

Also used the Lacerta on an Orion 120mm f/5 (same as SW) and wasn’t that impressed.

A handle bracket perhaps. 🤔

Ounces, fluid ounces, gills etc. 🤬

Most on the UK still use feet and inches for height.

In the UK we still use mph on the roads unlike Europe. Now for your weight many still use stones in the UK although Kg is more commonly used now. We like to mix it up. 😁

19 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

You would think so Martyn. But No Virgo actually. Perfectionists apparently. Don't tell the science crowd. 

Cheers

Another Virgo. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Very good optics. 👍🏻

You are relentless. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

BTW that’s a good thing. 🙂

The mighty Svbony mini mak. 😁

A huge 70mm aperture with a 6x30 finder and a Sybony micro focuser added. Converted to take any 1.25” eyepiece instead of the stock zoom. Surprisingly capable little scope. Just need to sort out a solar filter. 

More or less agree although not completely. The scope is a lunar planetary scope anyway. Also fitting the Baader Steeltrack means not having to add or remove the extenstions which I agree is a pain. 

Wouldn’t be my only scope but as Ed says would appeal to those with a scope collectiom where it would fill a niche very well.

Should also be noted that the C6 is a bit variable in optical quality. Ranges for so-so to excellent.

One of these should do the trick.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/dovetails-saddles-clamps/astro-essentials-vixen-type-photo-dovetail-bar.html

Telescope House gives 7 to 10 days delivery. Actually ships from Germany but all import costs are included in the price.

https://www.telescopehouse.com/Telescope-Accessories/Filters/White-Light-Filter-for-Solar-Observation/LUNT-LS1-25HW-31-7mm-1-25-Herschel-wedge.html?mtm_campaign=Doofinder&mtm_kwd=0558211&mtm_source=English&mtm_medium=OnSite&mtm_cid=UK&mtm_group=SiteSearch

FLOs stock dates are pretty accirate although you can always message them to confirm.

Buy it from a dealer like FLO. Great ssrvoce and backup and no overpriced shipping. Also no duities and import charges as when ordering from the EU.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/lunt-solar-white-light-systems/lunt-white-light-herschelsolar-wedge.html

3 minutes ago, WilliamAstro said:

I found 2 available on Ebay costing £189. The condition is new. Any opinions?

Links please or brand name so we know what you are looking at.

Basically the wedge will give sharper images than any front mounted filter. The Baader film is the best film and better than any currently available glass filter I’ve found. 

You may have noticed that many with an HA scope also use a wedge for white light. They compliment each other. The wedge may only be white light but I prefer it for sunspots.And much simpler than tuning as with an Ha scope. Rotating the polarising filter on the wedge allows adjusting the brightness and is a usefull option.

I have the Lacerta wedge and find it gives very similar results to the the Baader cool wedge. Just a step better than the basic Lunt wedge. Given the height of the sun in the UK find no problem with the Brewster angle. 

My white light setup. Tecnosky 125 APO and Lacerta 2” wedge.

Yes the ED80 focuser is a bit “low end” isn’t it compared to what is available nowadays. 🤔

As the Lunt is American made they have safely messages that are a bit  unneeded. Just the American way. Warm surface would be more accurate. Might be uncomfortable to hold your finger there for a long while.

Perfectly safe for imaging although additional filters would be used. Read about this here in the product discription. Wedge itself is identical though.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/solar-filters/baader-coolceramic-herschel-wedge-solar-diagonal.html

”Baader offers two versions of their Herschel Wedge: 

Visual V

The Version-V for visual use comes with a pre-installed ND=3.0 (required for safe viewing) filter and a 2" Continuum Filter.

Photographic P

The Version-P for photographic use is essentially the Version-V with three additional Baader ND filters (ND1.8, ND0.9 and ND0.6). The additional filters are handy for further dimming the image for white light viewing, or attaching to eyepieces or a T2-15 Reducer, and are particularly useful for imaging.”

It’s a Tecnosky 125/975 F7.8 APO

OK I’ll start with my Rowan AZ100 Alt-Az GOTO or manual mount on a Planet tripod..

Wind amd rain here. 😕