Dual Solar Setup

[A McEwan]

Hi all,

I'm very plased with this, so thought I'd share. Ages ago I bought a Vixen dual mount plate from a fellow SGL-er, with no idea what to use it for except that "it looked handy".

Then I got a Lunt 60mm hydrogen alpha scope.

Sometime after that I got a Celestron C80ED when they were on clearance, and I already had a Sol-Vu white light filter for my old ED80.

Yesterday I ordered a pair of ADM guide rings so that I could pair the two scopes together on the Vixen plate - and they arrived today! That was amazingly quick - thanks Steve!

I only hope the weather improves now so I can try it all out at Easter and impress visiting relatives.

Ant

[Jaffa007]

Mate, wipping that pair out will impress on their own!!

[A McEwan]

Cheers!

[John]

What a great double act !.

Switching between the scopes to compare the views in while light and HA will be fascinating.

[A McEwan]

Yep! Good timing too, as I'm on holiday this week - which is why there's a sleat-storm going on here at the moment...

[Merlin66]

My solar set-up is very similar.

I have a ED80/ 1000 Oaks filter/ Baader continuum on one side of the dual bar and another ED80 with double stacked SM60/ BF15 on the other side. A webcam on the white light and a DMK21 on the Ha. All that sitting on an HEQ5pro.

Works 100%.

See the images on the recent Bedford imaging day.....

Ken

[russ]

Ant,

Looks a great solar setup. Both scopes look very nice indeed.

How do you find the Lunt? I've not seen any reviews for them yet or even user feedback. Be great to know what you think.

Regards

Russ

[Wobbly Bob]

Thats a good looking set up Ant. I have a simular rig, a PST and two scopes I can use with home made Baader solar fllm filters. You will enjoy looking at the sun in White light and Ha, especialy as the sun has become active again. We have had a long spell of NO sunspots.

Enjoy

[A McEwan]

Ant,

Looks a great solar setup. Both scopes look very nice indeed.

How do you find the Lunt? I've not seen any reviews for them yet or even user feedback. Be great to know what you think.

Regards

Russ

Hi, you can read my review here: has | Lunt LS60THa/B1200

Hope this helps,

Ant

[A McEwan]

A viewing session in October where I watched an active region developing in hydrogen alpha and then saw the sunspots beginning to appear in a friend's white-light scope, prompted me to get this setup. It was amazing seeing things changing in real time and being able to view the different results in chromosphere and photosphere in side-by-side scopes!

[russ]

Thanks Ant, i'll take a look.

[A McEwan]

Tested it today under glorious conditions and loads of solar activity. Worked a treat! My Multi-Wavelength Solar Array is live and operational!