Solar Filter Spacing
M y little project for yesterday morning was to get the spacing adjusted correctly so I can capture the complete full disk of the sun including any prominences that may be extending from the limb in Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) with my current telescope and camera. This little project was actually a tedious process of trial and error but I succeeded as seen in the photo (at right). In hindsight, I should have set up my new mount for this project so I didn't have to constantly spend time tracking the sun manually. Instead, I used a lightweight manual mount that has no slow motion controls because I am still quite sick with either COVID or a bad respiratory cold. Setting up the new mount would have required more energy than I have right now so I opted for a much smaller mount. Unfortunately, this smaller mount made this project a bit more tedious than it needs to be. I was constantly nudging the telescope to keep it in my field of view as the sun slowly moved across the sky. If I used