Remember to use new elastic or rubber bands every time you put the filter on, unless it's a short time after the first use, because they will dry out and break. but a strap of Velcro will not dry out. Also, make a good box for safely storing the filter!
I have found plastic coffee can lids works great along with aluminized Mylar. I bought a 50 X 4 foot roll of 99% reflective Mylar. It is thick and does not wrinkle. It works great as a solar filter.
If you use 'aluminized mylar' you should also use a UV-IR Cut filter on your telescope since mylar does not completely block UV. UV is also not visible to the human eye, so you won't notice it until it's done damage.
I have a Meade ETX105mm telescope and have received the same solar filter package. What is the diameter of your telescope? Is the solar filter the same size as the diameter of your telescope? In that case The Solarix filter is too small and I have to make it bigger, is that right?
Hi, i have a 6 inch dobsonian, do you think i should make the filter for the sun with the whole 6 inch aperture or i should make it smaller? Because the sun is very bright
He shows it in the video. Solarix solar filter paper, cardboard, normal glue to stick paper together (multi purpose glue?), Sellotape and an elastic band.
I sun gaze and I haven't even lost my vision. It's the opposite, you're suppose to look at the sun during sunset and sunrise to appreciate your existence and gain consciousness.
Never try to do that...to cover the eyepiece! The vision it not block, you have the same filde of view, because of the mirror who it spherically, so never try to cover the eyepices, because you can damage your telescope, because of heat, the temperature increases if you look at the sun!
Never, ever, put a filter at the eyepiece end of any optical device! You must intercept the sunlight before it is magnified. The sun would burn right through the filter and then your eye. Always place your filter at the objective end.
Those are not in fact sunspots, but small grains of dust on the optics of the telescope. I say this not to insult the author of the video, but because I hate to see a person misunderstand something and go on to one day endure the frustration of error, whether it be personal or in public. There are some aspects to their appearance in the video that give away exactly what they are: The spots in the video do not move with the sun as it slowly traverses the frame (without motorized tracking the sun is moving slowly in the video), they are all perfectly round donuts (out of focus, because they are much closer than the sun is), and they are comically huge compared to actual sunspots.
This is not recommended , and can cause eye damage . Its best to buy a professional sun filter from an approved telescope dealer . Diy is never a good idea when dealing with eyes that are extremely delicate .
