White light with a Mak

[Neil H]

Hi if I use my Kendrick solar filter on the front of my 180 Mak will this work on white light ?  I would like to run this next to my HA set up 

[Reeny]

I use a similar filter and set-up on a 3" reflector scope (the cheap & chearful 76x700 type). The results were so good I upgraded to a Coronado PST last year.

The 2x systems are useful depending on the solar features available. The cheap white light system is better for showing sun spots / the PST Ha scope for flares & surface disturbances.

 

The full disc is visible for me at 700x focal length if the correct magnification of eyepiece is used (visual observing)

Full disc photography is not possible with the 2m pixel SV105 or SV305 USB colour cameras.

 

[Paz]

Yes that will work fine, I've used an astrozap solar film  filter with a 127mm Masutov many times.

You can also use a baader solar continuum filter with it (or any other colour filters) if you want.