Sun viewing

[Jjmorris90]

Hey 

 

I've got a skywatcher and asi183mc pro 

At the minute the sun seems to be visible more than the stars at night  (bloody clouds). 

Now I won't be looking directly into the eyepiece as I have asiair. Does this mean I do not need a solar filter? 

 

Thanks

[Merlin66]

You ALWAYS need a filter to safely observe/ image the Sun. (Unless you really want to cook your expensive camera and possibly damage the internals of your telescope.)

Fit a Baader Solar screen filter as a minimum.

 

 

[Stu]

4 minutes ago, Jjmorris90 said:

Hey 

 

I've got a skywatcher and asi183mc pro 

At the minute the sun seems to be visible more than the stars at night  (bloody clouds). 

Now I won't be looking directly into the eyepiece as I have asiair. Does this mean I do not need a solar filter? 

 

Thanks

No, you still need protection for the scope otherwise you will damage your camera through the intense heat.

Which scope do you have? At minimum you need a full aperture filter on the front of the scope such as a Baader AstroSolar filter.

[Jjmorris90]

6 minutes ago, Stu said:

No, you still need protection for the scope otherwise you will damage your camera through the intense heat.

Which scope do you have? At minimum you need a full aperture filter on the front of the scope such as a Baader AstroSolar filter.

I have a 200p

[Stu]

10 minutes ago, Jjmorris90 said:

I have a 200p

You should be able to make a near full aperture filter from an A4 sheet of film

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/solar-filters/baader-astrosolar-safety-film-nd-50.html

Or buy a ready made one

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/solar-filters/astrozap-baader-solar-filter.html

[Jjmorris90]

1 hour ago, Stu said:

You should be able to make a near full aperture filter from an A4 sheet of film

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/solar-filters/baader-astrosolar-safety-film-nd-50.html

Or buy a ready made one

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/solar-filters/astrozap-baader-solar-filter.html

Thank you