There is 2 ways to use a telescope to look at the sun.

1. Mount a sheet of white cardstock above the eyepiece and PROJECT the suns
image on the cardstock. I do this with my 8inch Dob and it's the safest way to
do it.

2. But a full apature solar filter that goes over the front end of the
telescope.


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Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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"Holly" wrote in message
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Just thought i would let every1 know that its too cold to look at the
telescope and that i miss the moon.
Well when it gets warm i am going to go moon gazing again and i wish i
could see jupiter and saturn.
I got a big telescope with those computer control box things and im going
to learn how to use that.
Not that anyone cares i know.
One question is how do you look at the sun ? I mean how do you look at the
sun through a te;lescope without going blind ?
Because i could probly do that from inside the house.

Holly


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