Sun viewer

[Mark Daniels]

New here thought people might like to see my sun viewer made from an old telephoto lense and junk from my shed. I am a hoarder. Took a week on and off has two lenses 25mm and 10mm giving images if 10 cm snd 20cm give ir take. Hope to get a look at mercury transit with it

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[Stu]

Looks excellent Mark, very ingenious! If you fancy coming along to join us at our little club in Walton on Thames you would be more than welcome, website in my signature.

[Mark Daniels]

Thats very nice of you.  I will certainly take you up on the offer. Have a few commitments till august but will get back

thanks again

[Chriske]

I'm teasing my brain..  somewhere I've seen another version of this Sunviewer.
If I remember well, it was called 'SunGun' , something like that.

This one looks very sturdy..!

[Mark Daniels]

2 hours ago, Chriske said:

I'm teasing my brain..  somewhere I've seen another version of this Sunviewer.
If I remember well, it was called 'SunGun' , something like that.

This one looks very sturdy..!

The idea came from aguy who made one out of card board and kitchen roll tube. My wife reckons it quite steampunk and belongs in a 1930’s Buck  Rodgers episode😀 think i will call it the Death ray

i am await some Mylar film before i use it in anger, as it gets hot and i don’want lens to crack may add a sheild to the front to create a little more shade when observing