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PST Solarscope Modifications
The Coronado PST Solarscope is an excellent instrument for viewing H-a solar activity and lends itself to some radical modifications to increase focal length and aperture resulting in significant improvement in resolution and visual/imaging quality. With the expert help of … Continue reading
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Tagged 4" f11, Baader, Baader D-ERF, BF-10, BF-15, BF-5, BICO Engineering, Blocking filter, Borg, Borg Helical Focuser, Borg Helical Focuser M - M68.8 - Part #7835, C-ERF, Celestron, Celestron CG5-GT, coronado, Crayford, D-ERF, Energy rejection filter, Fabry-Perot Etalon, focuser, H-a, HandsonOptics, Helical Focuser, Hutech, Lyra Optic, Lyra Optics, PST, PST Mod, PST mods, PST Stage 1, PST Stage 2, Refractor, solarscope, Teleskop-Service, TS
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PST Solarscope motorised focus
A simple mod for the Coronado PST Solarscope to motorise the focus so I can keep my hands off the PST Solarscope during the critical setting of the focus. It’s important to say that the PST Solarscope is completely unmodified … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, Astrophotography, Baader Hyperion, CCD, coronado, DBE, DMK 41AU02.AS Mono, DMK41, Gradient removal, H-a, h-alpha, Hydrogen alpha, Merlin, PixInsight, PST, Solar image, solar prominence, solar system, solarmax, solarscope, sun, telescope
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Solar Ha Imaging
The photographs below show the sun in the Hydrogen-alpha (H-a) bandwidth using a PST Stage 2 Lyra Optic 4″ f/11 refractor modified for H-a imaging captured with DMK41 and DMK21 mono CCD cameras and sometimes a 2.5x Powermate for the … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, Astrophotography, Baader Hyperion, CCD, coronado, DBE, DMK 41AU02.AS Mono, DMK41, Gradient removal, H-a, h-alpha, ha, Hydrogen alpha, Lyra Optic, Merlin, PixInsight, PST, PST Stage 1, PST Stage 1 modification, PST Stage 2, PST Stage 2 modification, Solar image, solar prominence, solar system, solarmax, solarscope, sun, telescope
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