Thousand oaks off axis solar filter

[paulbeer]

Hi all I'm back with another question,

I got the above solar filter with my dob and as the sun was nice and bright today I thought I'd give it a go but all I got was blackness. Am I

doing something wrong, what ep would I get views with I have 9mm 15 mm 20mm 26mm swa or do I need another.

Any advice will be great even if it's get rid of the filter.

[brianb]

all I got was blackness.

Sounds like you weren't pointed at the sun. Use a low power ... any eyepiece that works at night should be fine with an objective end solar filter. Don't expect to see anything except the sun with a solar filter fitted!

[paulbeer]

I'm sure I was pointing at the sun when I took the ep out I could see the suns image on the mirror but as soon as I put the ep in all I got was blackness.

[Macavity]

Yes indeed, I would certainly recommend a solar finder:

http://www.dd1us.de/Downloads/a%20collection%20of%20solar%20finder%20designs%200v4.pdf

(I have one of #7 types... Works for me).

[Merlin66]

The 1000 Oaks is a pretty good white light filter, I have one.

Just sounds like you're not getting the scope aligned to the sun.

Use a low power eyepiece to find the sun then change over to a higher magnification.