I used a full-aperture Thousand Oaks white-light filter on our NexStar
11 inch SCT at Hyde Observatory, and it worked very well. We could
easily see granulation at only 87x and the disk of Mercury was quite
prominent and easier to see for the kids than it was in the PST's we
were using to show the H-alpha sun. Clear skies to you.
--
David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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* Attend the 13th Annual NEBRASKA STAR PARTY *
* July 23-28, 2006, Merritt Reservoir *
* http://www.NebraskaStarParty.org *
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