SHOW US YOUR SOLAR STUFF

[DRT]

I have been selling a few things this week to fund the purchase of my new Daystar Quark Chromosphere Eyepiece

Here she is in my Solar case...

 

Looking forward to Spring

 

Do you have a case of solar stuff? If so - post it here and let us all drool over an abundance of kit none of us can use

[Paul73]

Very nice Derek.

I'm new to this solar stuf. What does the didy little scope at the top do? And what do the filters do?

You've got to love their marketing. A bit of solar film in a home brew holder is "Cheap". One of these babies is worth more than all my scopes and binoculars put together!!

Enjoy.

 

 

[DRT]

Yes, I did have to take a deep breath when pulling the trigger on this "cheap" little gem, Paul - a bit of misguided marketing I think.

The scope at the top is a Lunt 50Ha. Three of the filters are for the Baader Herschel Wedge (all different grades of ND filters) that allow you to regulate the brightness of the image. I must confess I have only used the pre-fitted 3.0 filter and have not tried the others, but they are really aimed at imaging. The fourth filter is an energy rejection filter that goes on the front of the diagonal when using the Quark.

Has anyone seen the Sun recently?

[Paul73]

Ok. So here is my solar gear. White light only for the moment. I stick this lot onto the back of an SW ED80 the Solar Continuum with the built in wedge filter seems to dim things sufficiently.

The views are startlingly good.

Paul

 

[DRT]

Very nice, Paul. I haven't looked through the Lunt wedge and it would be interesting to compare it to the Baader.

[Paul73]

I'll be bringing it along to SGLXI, so you are more than welcome to give it a try.

Paul

 

[Moonshane]

Here's mine 

 

 

[DRT]

Nice, Shane

What is the black contraption with the Revelation diagonal fitted to one end?

[Moonshane]

That's the business end of the PST mod. The etalon and blocking filter from a PST are in there

[Fozzie]

17 hours ago, DRT said:

I have been selling a few things this week to fund the purchase of my new Daystar Quark Chromosphere Eyepiece

Here she is in my Solar case...

 

Looking forward to Spring

 

Do you have a case of solar stuff? If so - post it here and let us all drool over an abundance of kit none of us can use

That's definitely how you pack for the summer holidays..  I do like the look of those 50mm's..

lovely collection.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Mine is: 

70mm scope

Hershel wedge

8-24mm Hyperion zoom

[Mark at Beaufort]

Nice solar setup Derek. Which frac are you going to use with the Quark? This is the only photo I have of my 'White Light' setup showing the Lunt Herschel wedge with binoviewers. I usually take the scopes end cap off.

[DRT]

Sorry, Mark, I missed this question. I'm using my Starwave 152 refractor with the Quark and I'm just about to pop out and set it up

[Stu]

This is my setup now. Tak FC-100D, Vixen GP mount with GotoNova on an EQ6 tripod with half pillar. Baader Zeiss wedge, Binoviewers and 25mm Orthos. Seeing not brilliant but nice views this morning.

 

[DRT]

Very nice, Stu - how are the new bino-viewers shaping up?

[Stu]

Very nice thanks Derek, I'll drop you a PM ?

[DRT]

Here is Monty enjoying the Good Friday sunshine with a couple of Starwaves and a Lunt 50...

[Fozzie]

Looks great you 2, great set ups!

I've got cracking sun here but no action... The good lady is out being pampered and I'm home trying to decorate and look after a 17 month old.. (that scenario seems to be developing in to a bit of a habit lately!)

Clear sky's

Steve

[DRT]

10 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

Looks great you 2, great set ups!

I've got cracking sun here but no action... The good lady is out being pampered and I'm home trying to decorate and look after a 17 month old.. (that scenario seems to be developing in to a bit of a habit lately!)

Clear sky's

Steve

You have my sympathies, Steve. Try not to think of me sitting in the sunshine with this nice cold glass of beer - it will only put you off from enjoying the decorating

[Fozzie]

Jeeee thanks Derek... sounds idyllic, sitting in the sun with a beer... think I saw that once in a holiday brochure.. oh that would be the life..

(Joined you for a beer by the way, weak willed you see...!)

Steve

[niallk]

A bit of Baader solar film over the stop down mask on my 250px: only a cheap setup, but still pretty cool looking at sunspots at ~200x with my binoviewer

 

 

[moriniboy]

TAL stage 1 PST mod

[GreatAttractor]

My cannon for this season (90 mm + Lunt LS50THa etalon assembly):

[mikeDnight]

I've not got much in the way of a solar set-up, just some solar specs and a lunt Herschel wedge and a single polarizing filter screwed to my eyepiece. 

 

[timwetherell]

This is my coronado 60