First solar h-a scope

[Guest]

Hello, I'm going to buy my first h-alpha solar telescope in a few months. I was looking at two scopes - Coronado PST single stacked and Lunt 50mm single stacked. I have few questions about these scopes 

1. Which would be better for visual AND imaging? Coronado is cheaper but Lunt have 0.3A narrower h-alpha pass. 

2. Is Newton's rings problem present in both scopes? 

3. If I went with Lunt, what's the difference in FoV between B400 and B600 blocking filter? 

4. If someone has images from these scopes, it'd be great if he uploaded it here

Thanks in advance! 

[Highburymark]

I don't do imaging, but the Lunt is in a different league to the PST - build quality, brightness, sharpness, contrast etc. Stock focuser is the big weakness - so be aware if you go with the Lunt

[Paul73]

For visual, a double stacked PST beats a naked Lunt 50 (Albeit with a much dimmer image). But, without the double stack, the Lunt wins. Re, build quality, like wot he says ^^^^^.

Paul

[Guest]

Thank you! 

[Highburymark]

I regret not going for the B600 blocking filter. It's a must for imaging over the 400. They have recently been on sale in the UK - a B600 for £999 - may still find one somewhere?

[xtreemchaos]

 have you considered a Quark ?, if you check out the solar imaging sec theres loads of images taken with one, very good for vis and can be used will most doublet fracs. charl.

[Guest]

Yes, I was looking at Quark, but it's a bit too expensive. Maybe it's worth to collect some more money on it?