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Solar observing using a dedicated H alpha telescope?

I currently use a Lunt LS60T Ha dedicated solar telescope which is really excellent. I use it for both visual observing as well as imaging.

What would be the advantage of adding a second filter (double stacking) this telescope and what would I see that I can't see now?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    The basic LS60T with internal etalon allows for a <0.8 Angstrom bandpass.

    Using the DS module for LS60T series scopes will reduce the bandpass to ~<0.50 Angstroms. What that means is you get a lot more surface detail.

  • yeung
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    As various people have reported, you could desire to make sparkling what you propose via a "straightforward telescope." For me, it is a minimum of a 6" Dobsonian, which expenditures approximately $3 hundred. on condition that, my standard products would be: • Jupiter • The Moon • Mars • celeb clusters, distinctly the Double Cluster in Perseus • Emission nebulae, distinctly the Orion Nebula and the Swan Nebula • Double and distinctive galaxies: M31/M32/M110 in Andromeda, M81/M82 in u.s. important, M51/NGC5195 in Canes Venatici • The variable celeb SS Cygni • And thousands extra!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Double stacking gives you a narrower bandwidth, resulting in sharper images. The downside is that you have to tune differently for surface features versus prominences.

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