Note Christian Buil’s website & Youtube have many more excellent tutorials and information on Sol’Ex – these three are summary PDFs for quick access. Constructing Sol’Ex: http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/How-to-construct-SolEx-Montage_solex_EN-reduced-size.pdf Adjusting Sol’Ex after…
Slight focusing movements only required – amazing effect! Andy
Arrived this morning, transferred optics from 3D-printed plastic Azur3D Solex to new aluminium Sol’Ex this afternoon, couldn’t initially get a spectrum until I realised I had (i) added washer on…
I am convinced that the Azur3D 3D-printed Sol’Ex has issue with alignment of grating holding in its holding. it is somewhat differently placed in the new Vietnamese aluminium Sol’Ex housing…
Getting it ready for next sunny day Andy
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Very pleased with this shot! Lots of detail. Andy
Again, both taken with 100mm OTA, Daystar hydrogen Quark and 174M camera from Lichfield, UK Andy
I have put three versions of the video below – at different speeds – the fast ones are for impact but over very quickly! All are same data – recorded…
Taken in Lichfield, UK Daystar Quark Hydrogen Chromosphere Sky Watcher Equinox Pro 100mm telescope Sky Watcher Equinox Pro HEQ5 Pro mount Altair Astro 174M Hypercam camera Hinode solar autoguider Daystar…
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