Thanks Roland. As I saw the AP team heading to dinner tonight, I told George I would be picking his brain tomorrow for a shopping list for this. I See you have given me a parts list already so this

Utter and total nonsense. ---In ap-gto@..., <DavFab@...> wrote : I read somewhere that an oil spaced lens should NOT be exposed directly tosunlight. Does anyone have information about this?

I read somewhere that an oil spaced lens should NOT be exposed directly tosunlight. Does anyone have information about this?

Just for the record, Al Nagler has stated that there is no problem using their NP scopes for solar viewing with a wedge. The rear elements are far enough forward in the light path that there is no

Pawel, I justthought of how your big scopes can heat up telescope elements -- fieldflattener. I believe the image comes to focus in the flattener -- so thatwould definitely heat the lenses up.

Pawel, I'mcurious about your comment to keep the Sun centered to prevent heating up thetelescope elements. Unless you've got a 4-element Petzvel design scopewhere the rear elements are near focus, I

Yes,it unscrews. Baader makes a special thin adapter ring that replacesit. Then you screw standard T2 accessories into thatring. Woody

Mike Definitively the wedge. I have beenusing it on my AP152 and the views were terrific and I had no issue gettinginfo focus with Canon. Views are better than baader Astrosolar. But ifyou just want

Do you mean the click lock adapter on the wedge itself?

Again,by replacing the Baader 2" Click-Lock with their T2 threaded adapters, you cangain almost 3/4" (~19mm) of back focus. I'vegot my Baader on an 80mm triplet refractor and can reach focus prime,

Trying to come to focus with the Baader wedge and my ZWO/NW127is now. Think I'm about 2-3 mm away for prime focus. Can get there (barely) with my 2.5 and 5x PowerMates. Sent from Outlook Mobile

Hi Woody... you're right on all fronts... ;-)... I was just being cautious towards potential buyers, to check their systems... I've used the Baader wedge on my AP155... but also on shorter focal

For the money a wedge is going to cost versus the amount of use does not seem a viable alternative. Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 10:32 AM To: ap-gto@... Subject: RE: [ap-gto] solar

I use to have a glass filter (not on a AP telescope but I don't think this is relevant to the current comparison). Then I moved to a Lunt solar wedge. Here are 2 example taken with the same telescope

Thank you I just posted there . Regards Suresh

Personally I have a Coronado 40mm filter set, a Daystar Quark, a messof Orion glass filters and a roll of Baader visual film. The Coronado gives the best solar views, followed by the Quark,followed

IIRC, PEC was programmed at the factory in the Classic LX200 andcouldn't be easily changed. You should join the LX200-Classic Yahoo group and ask your questionsthere.

Mike, What'sthis about a wedge not allowing photography? Who/what gave you thatidea? Ofcourse you can image with a wedge. In fact, Baader makes two versions oftheir Herschel Wedge, the "V"

Erik, Idon't think back-focus distance will be a problem on a 160mm scope! It'swhen you go with a short focal-length scope you run into back-focusproblems. And at least with the Baader, there's a

Huh? There is nothing better in my opinion. Really. The Baader Herschel Wedge is THE solar accessory for white light and Ca imaging. ---In ap-gto@..., <mshade@...> wrote : Thanks...but a wedge would