Hi all,
Had a problem with hazing over of the optics in the blocking filter in my Lunt 152, sent it back and had it back with new elements in about 3 weeks! Prices for the Lunt are high but you get what you pay for. I've seen many excellent images out of much smaller Lunts than mine.
Mike
Folks ¡
Tristan is right on the money ¡ (hi Tristan !!!!)
My Coronado 90 (which serves me really well !!) developed precisely the problem he describes.
I finally found the one and only blocking filter I was looking for in a store on line in Germany ¡ it was the only one available anywhere in the world !!
Meade was a bust for customer support ¡ exactly as they are for hand controllers for the LX200- GPS series.
I love their scopes but not their support !!!!
Simon
On Sep 17, 2022, at 20:55, Tristan Young < tryoung@...> wrote:
Definitely go with Lunt. I used to sell both, and a problem that can happen to either is a degraded filter in the blocking filter assembly (oxidation of one of the metal films).? Meade doesn't sell or send out replacement filters, requiring a trip back to California and unknown wait time for replacement.? The last time I sent in a blocking filter to Meade, we didn't receive a replacement for about 2 years, and failed to receive one at all before the shop close down.? Lunt will ship you the filter glass, and it's dead-easy to replace. Point for Lunt. On September 17, 2022 8:35:17 p.m. EDT, R WAGNER < rick.wagner@...> wrote: I'm seriously considering the Lunt 50mm.? Andrea Girones showed a
few images taken with the 40mm that absolutely blew my socks off.?
I wanted to go with the 50mm since it has the pressure tuning
which I think is better than the tilt tuning.?
I was told by someone whose opinion I respect that you can get a
really good Coronado - if you're lucky, but that you will always
get a really good Lunt.? The Quark has the problem that you have
to buy both the prominence version and the disk version if you
want to observe both and there have been quality complaints.
Rick
On 2022-09-17 22:07, James Sofia wrote:
Hi folks:
I have a Lunt 60mm h alpha
solar scope and I am very pleased with it.? I got it with a
double stack (add on) which really brings out the detail on
the sun's surface.? The prominences are also amazing.? I have
created a shield that blocks extraneous light getting into
your eyes as you view the solar image.? All this stuff is
expensive.? I now supplement visual solar observing with
capturing the solar diskc and flares using a camera connected
to a laptop. I can save some of images if I want.?
Cheers,
Jim
On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 05:41:40 p.m. EDT,
ALbert <alboodie@...> wrote:
Well that's pretty depressing. At least I saved
myself from disappointment thanks to the group's
expert responses.?
I had a Lunt 50,
and it was underwhelming! Sold it¡
Richard ?
> On Sep 17, 2022, at 4:24 PM, Attilla Danko <danko@...>
wrote:
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> ?There is no such thing as budget h-apha.
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> The two cheapest: the PST and the Quark both
has terrible reputations
> for poor quality control. If you buy one, be
prepared to send it back
> -- a few times -- untill you get a decent one.
>
> attilla danko, ,?
danko@...,
> attilladanko@...
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>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 3:45 PM ALbert <alboodie@...>
wrote:
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>> Dude.....I said budget friendly.? ?The 40mm
looks decent no?
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>>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 3:22 PM Mike
Wirths <mikewirths1@...>
wrote:
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>>> This one I think!!
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>>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:10 AM ALbert
<alboodie@...>
wrote:
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>>>> Any recommendations on a budget
friendly H-apha solar telescope?? Used would be
great.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Albert.
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