Help please with research

[Sirius Starwatcher]

Hi All looking to get into solar observing other than a baader filter on the end of my SCT. Would like to get a Starwave 152 v2 and would look to go via HA. 

So can anyone point me in the direction of one good web site which would have all the info I need to sustain this hobby. I need to research quarks etc and would prefer to get my info from one web site as opposed to half a dozen.

thanks for reading. Any assistance that will allow me to see the light.............( intended,).  . Gratefully received

[Moonshane]

I cannot really help with websites but call round to my pitch and you can (hopefully) sample solar of both flavours through a variety of scopes.

[Davey-T]

You could do worse than browse this forum, lot's of info here

If you're at SGLX11 you can wander round to mine ( Kigfisher 9 ) and compare 152mm + Quark and LS60DS if the Sun shines.

Dave

[Stu]

Yes, plenty of info on SGL, plus plenty of different Ha scopes to look through at SGL12. DRT has the same combo too I believe.

[Sirius Starwatcher]

25 minutes ago, Moonshane said:

I cannot really help with websites but call round to my pitch and you can (hopefully) sample solar of both flavours through a variety of scopes.

We're going to have to stop meeting. People will start to talk. 

[Moonshane]

Are you Sirius? 

[Sirius Starwatcher]

8 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

You could do worse than browse this forum, lot's of info here

If you're at SGLX11 you can wander round to mine ( Kigfisher 9 ) and compare 152mm + Quark and LS60DS if the Sun shines.

Dave

This is turning into a speed dating weekend. Yours for quarks. Moonshane for collimation. Astronut for his birthday party on Friday. My Birthday on Sunday, DRT for AA Starwave. Gonna have to set up a spreadsheet with timings to fit it all in.

and after all that We will have to back to Lulu's so she can apologise for the Friday night. 

[Davey-T]

Fingers crossed for good weather then 

Dave

[Sirius Starwatcher]

5 minutes ago, Sirius Starwatcher said:

This is turning into a speed dating weekend. Yours for quarks. Moonshane for collimation. Astronut for his birthday party on Friday. My Birthday on Sunday, DRT for AA Starwave. Gonna have to set up a spreadsheet with timings to fit it all in.

and after all that We will have to back to Lulu's so she can apologise for the Friday night. 

 

[Sirius Starwatcher]

Just found this in kindle books. Thought it was worth a punt for £1.99. Looks like it will fill my needs.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Observing-Imaging-Sun-Modest-Equipment-ebook/dp/B00E8RDQ98/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1474040108&sr=1-1&keywords=Observing+and+imaging+the+sun

[Solar B]

I think that E book may be a little dated but nevertheless a good intro ... as has been suggested the best way is to try as many

different setups as possible to see which appeals within a given budget ... solar gets better and better as your brain becomes

trained to the 656.3 nm wavelength.

 

Brian 

[Steve Ward]

The best Solar dedicated site/forum out there is SolarChat  ... http://solarchatforum.com/index.php/en/

[Demonperformer]

On 16/09/2016 at 16:22, Sirius Starwatcher said:

This is turning into a speed dating weekend. Yours for quarks. Moonshane for collimation. Astronut for his birthday party on Friday. My Birthday on Sunday, DRT for AA Starwave. Gonna have to set up a spreadsheet with timings to fit it all in.

and after all that We will have to back to Lulu's so she can apologise for the Friday night. 

Don't forget to include in your spreadsheet some time for observing the objects in the sky .... nah!