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Date: 20 Oct 2006 21:28:36
From: Joe S.
Subject: Scope or bino solar filter


Lost my scopes and solar filters in Hurricane Katrina. Purchased a new
Orion XT-12 -- now I need a solar filter for the scope but all I find on the
Orion website as a solar filter for the XT-12 is an "off-axis 4" filter.
What's that?

Lost in Katrina were an XT-8 and ETX-90 and the full aperture solar filters
for each. Is there a full-aperture solar filter for the XT-12?

How about for 10X42 and 10X50 binos?

Thanks.







 
Date: 21 Oct 2006 04:25:57
From: Sjouke Burry
Subject: Re: Scope or bino solar filter


Joe S. wrote:
> Lost my scopes and solar filters in Hurricane Katrina. Purchased a new
> Orion XT-12 -- now I need a solar filter for the scope but all I find on the
> Orion website as a solar filter for the XT-12 is an "off-axis 4" filter.
> What's that?
>
> Lost in Katrina were an XT-8 and ETX-90 and the full aperture solar filters
> for each. Is there a full-aperture solar filter for the XT-12?
>
> How about for 10X42 and 10X50 binos?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
Got mine from thousand Oaks,
http://www.thousandoaksoptical.com/solar.html
the type 2 plus,
203mm\8.00" 233mm\9.187" Celestron & Meade 8 S/C

but that was the biggest I saw on their site, unless
I looked in the wrong place.
I do like how it works, same brightness(subjectively)
as the moon at night.


 
Date: 20 Oct 2006 18:55:30
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Scope or bino solar filter


it's a soil cover with only a 4inch opening that has the filter mounted on
it. For big scopes that allows lots of viewing and keeps the heat down. I
made one out of cardboard and a mylar blanket once. Now I just use a cheap
EP and project the image onto white card stock.
Using Babylon 10.


--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond

Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html


"Joe S." <anon@mous.net > wrote in message
news:ehbt9201rnm@news3.newsguy.com...
> Lost my scopes and solar filters in Hurricane Katrina. Purchased a new
> Orion XT-12 -- now I need a solar filter for the scope but all I find on
> the Orion website as a solar filter for the XT-12 is an "off-axis 4"
> filter. What's that?
>
> Lost in Katrina were an XT-8 and ETX-90 and the full aperture solar
> filters for each. Is there a full-aperture solar filter for the XT-12?
>
> How about for 10X42 and 10X50 binos?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>




 
Date: 21 Oct 2006 01:55:38
From: VicXnews
Subject: Re: Scope or bino solar filter


"Joe S." <anon@mous.net > wrote in news:ehbt9201rnm@news3.newsguy.com:

> Lost my scopes and solar filters in Hurricane Katrina. Purchased a new
> Orion XT-12 -- now I need a solar filter for the scope but all I find on
> the Orion website as a solar filter for the XT-12 is an "off-axis 4"
> filter. What's that?
>
> Lost in Katrina were an XT-8 and ETX-90 and the full aperture solar
> filters for each. Is there a full-aperture solar filter for the XT-12?
>
> How about for 10X42 and 10X50 binos?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>

make your own...

http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/solar_acc/astrosolar

http://www.astro-physics.com/products/accessories/solar_acc/make_sol.pdf


  
Date: 20 Oct 2006 22:21:23
From: Joe S.
Subject: Re: Scope or bino solar filter



"VicXnews" <news@news.com > wrote in message
news:u6f_g.1571$rS.1147@fed1read05...
> "Joe S." <anon@mous.net> wrote in news:ehbt9201rnm@news3.newsguy.com:
>
>> Lost my scopes and solar filters in Hurricane Katrina. Purchased a new
>> Orion XT-12 -- now I need a solar filter for the scope but all I find on
>> the Orion website as a solar filter for the XT-12 is an "off-axis 4"
>> filter. What's that?
>>
>> Lost in Katrina were an XT-8 and ETX-90 and the full aperture solar
>> filters for each. Is there a full-aperture solar filter for the XT-12?
>>
>> How about for 10X42 and 10X50 binos?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> make your own...
>
> http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/solar_acc/astrosolar
>
> http://www.astro-physics.com/products/accessories/solar_acc/make_sol.pdf

Thanks -- I'll do it.