Safe Solar Observation (Accessories)
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A guide to safe solar observation using a small range of essentials from Astro Engineering. Presented by Robert J Dalby. Visit us at: http://www.scopesnskies.com/ Produced by A.R.B Media Productions for The Astronomy and Nature Centre.
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novice question here... why would you need help finding the sun!?
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What is the ideal magnification for solar observing
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@spaceisgood1 PLEASE DON'T USE BINOCULARS!!!!!!!!!IF YOU CAN'T GET A TELESCOPE WITH A REMOVABLE FINDER AND FULL APERTURE SOLAR FILTER DONT SOLAR OBSERVE!PERIOD!
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Will looking at the sun with an unprotected telescope damage the scope or the inserted eyepiece in any way? I have heard that your eyepiece will get messed up and your telescope will melt...
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I learned my lesson at looking at the, a month ago i had set up a projector image for solar viewing. but i walked by not noticing the paper was gone and the light shot right in my left eye. there was a pink spot in my sight for a week or so. but its all ok now
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To see how the sun will look like when you have your sun filter check one of my videos. There you see a sun filter and telescope and the sun. A question to AstronomyAndNatureTV: Now after 2 years of observing the sun i want to take my observations to a new level. Can you recommend something? I was trying to do x-ray observation to get new pictures of the Sun. That was unaffordable. Are there other ways to observe the Sun? Thanks
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I see. Since you've kindly responded to my question, allow me to ask another. Looking for my first scope, but not a beginner scope (am an adult looking for a nice scope. I will be happy with as I learn more. Would a nice reflector scope fitted with a solar filter be satisfactory so I would be able to view the night sky as well as the sun with the same scope. Or is there a good reason for specialty solar scopes?
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Hi - yes it does seem strange - the sun should be THE easiest target to find! But a solar filter equipped scope will provide no position clues (ie off-axis reflections within telescope tube) as other targets like bright planets and the Moon normally cause. So, uniquely with the sun, the eye is presented with total black-out until some part of the target is within the field of view (FOV). Put this together with the narrow FOV of most astro-scopes and you have an acquisition problem. KR ANTV
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I'm still not clear on why finding the sun would be a difficulty.
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pretty interesting. i'm new to stargazing, so i'm actually going to buy binoculars to start me off, i saw they have binocular sun filters too.
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where can i find a 4 inch version of that filter for my meade ds2000 telescope?
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thanks! very imformational
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Love all these mini shows you do , very educational .
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