Naked eye sighting?

In message , Martin Frey
writes
Stephen Tonkin wrote:

I glimpsed it occasionally in my 1999 vintage aluminised mylar eclipse
shades if I wore my specs (presbyopia, astigmatism); invisible without
them. However, some of my colleagues and those of my pupils that tried
it found it pretty easy, and a few actually said they preferred that
view over the others in the various instruments that I had set up.

Best,
Stephen

Having sold hundreds of viewers from Astromedia, with Baader filter
material, it was a tremendous relief to find that Venus was easy to
see. I had about 10 different types left over from 1999 and, while I
thought the Baader was a tad bright, it was easier to see Venus with
them than any of the others. Once children actually saw it and it does
require a bit of calm concentration not a snatch view, I could have
sold another 500 pairs (but didn't have any more, damnit).


Thanks everyone. This is doing nothing for my post-transit blues :-) but
at least I have the consolation that the weather here was beautifully
sunny, so I did see the whole thing with optical aid.

In message , Martin Frey
wrote
Stephen Tonkin wrote:

I glimpsed it occasionally in my 1999 vintage aluminised mylar eclipse
shades if I wore my specs (presbyopia, astigmatism); invisible without
them. However, some of my colleagues and those of my pupils that tried
it found it pretty easy, and a few actually said they preferred that
view over the others in the various instruments that I had set up.

Best,
Stephen

Having sold hundreds of viewers from Astromedia, with Baader filter
material, it was a tremendous relief to find that Venus was easy to
see. I had about 10 different types left over from 1999 and, while I
thought the Baader was a tad bright, it was easier to see Venus with
them than any of the others. Once children actually saw it and it does
require a bit of calm concentration not a snatch view, I could have
sold another 500 pairs (but didn't have any more, damnit).

Last year I bought an A4 sheet and made a filter for my Mak and gave my
Father the left over strip for his bins. This year I got two more sheets
( a month or more ago so the clouds would have time to disperse) one of
which I stuck to a shoe box lid to make a screen for my new bins (Canon
15x50 IS they are wonderful) and also to use for naked eye observations.
The other sheet was to make a new filter for my Mak and one for my SLR.
As the original Mak filter was still OK I ended up selling the rest to
two other club members.

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Roger
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01:30:05W
Orion 127mm Maksutov.