Coronado Solarmax 40 vs 60

I'm looking for some comments from Coronado Maxscope users. Which
would you prefer - a double-stacked 40mm or a single 60mm? Obviously
the image of the Sun in the 40mm will be dimmer but more detailed. But
would it be too dim for public viewing?

The double stacked 40mm is actually $600 cheaper than a 60mm and half
the cost of the double stacked 60mm. Would appreciate any comments on
this, thanks.

Not too many of us can afford the luxury of twin 60mm. Coronados. The truth
is that only a few of us have the single version of these filters. Getting
back to your question: I own a single 60mm which fits on a Pronto. In
order to make the Pronto pull double duty, all I need do is unscrew the
filter and I'm good to go. Besides, I recently read a report of the
Maxscope on Cloudynights.com and learned that the owner was not too happy
with it. So my question is, why do you want a Maxscope?

Al


"KC" wrote in message
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I'm looking for some comments from Coronado Maxscope users. Which
would you prefer - a double-stacked 40mm or a single 60mm? Obviously
the image of the Sun in the 40mm will be dimmer but more detailed. But
would it be too dim for public viewing?

The double stacked 40mm is actually $600 cheaper than a 60mm and half
the cost of the double stacked 60mm. Would appreciate any comments on
this, thanks.

Not too many of us can afford the luxury of twin 60mm. Coronados. The truth
is that only a few of us have the single version of these filters. Getting
back to your question: I own a single 60mm which fits on a Pronto. In
order to make the Pronto pull double duty, all I need do is unscrew the
filter and I'm good to go. Besides, I recently read a report of the
Maxscope on Cloudynights.com and learned that the owner was not too happy
with it. So my question is, why do you want a Maxscope?

Al


"KC" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking for some comments from Coronado Maxscope users. Which
would you prefer - a double-stacked 40mm or a single 60mm? Obviously
the image of the Sun in the 40mm will be dimmer but more detailed. But
would it be too dim for public viewing?

The double stacked 40mm is actually $600 cheaper than a 60mm and half
the cost of the double stacked 60mm. Would appreciate any comments on
this, thanks.

Not too many of us can afford the luxury of twin 60mm. Coronados.

Yes, I know, that's why I'm wondering about the stacked 40mm.

The truth
is that only a few of us have the single version of these filters. Getting
back to your question: I own a single 60mm which fits on a Pronto. In
order to make the Pronto pull double duty, all I need do is unscrew the
filter and I'm good to go. Besides, I recently read a report of the
Maxscope on Cloudynights.com and learned that the owner was not too happy
with it.

Odd -- I've seen the single 40mm and 60 mm Maxscopes and they are both
quite nice and compare favorably with Daystar filters. I was just
reading cloudynights.com last night - I did not see any negative
comments.

So my question is, why do you want a Maxscope?

Why the hell not?! Seriously, I'm looking for a dedicated solar
telescope. It would be piggybacked on an SCT to provide both white
light & H-alpha views for educational use.

Not too many of us can afford the luxury of twin 60mm. Coronados.

Yes, I know, that's why I'm wondering about the stacked 40mm.

The truth
is that only a few of us have the single version of these filters. Getting
back to your question: I own a single 60mm which fits on a Pronto. In
order to make the Pronto pull double duty, all I need do is unscrew the
filter and I'm good to go. Besides, I recently read a report of the
Maxscope on Cloudynights.com and learned that the owner was not too happy
with it.

Odd -- I've seen the single 40mm and 60 mm Maxscopes and they are both
quite nice and compare favorably with Daystar filters. I was just
reading cloudynights.com last night - I did not see any negative
comments.

So my question is, why do you want a Maxscope?

Why the hell not?! Seriously, I'm looking for a dedicated solar
telescope. It would be piggybacked on an SCT to provide both white
light & H-alpha views for educational use.

Which would you prefer - a double-stacked 40mm or a single 60mm?

I have a 60 mounted on my Tak FS60C. I doubt that anything smaller would show
the granulations clearly.

No personal experience on this but I have read that double stacking enhances
detail on the disk at the expense of the prominences.

Dick H
Burlington, VT

Which would you prefer - a double-stacked 40mm or a single 60mm?

I have a 60 mounted on my Tak FS60C. I doubt that anything smaller would show
the granulations clearly.

No personal experience on this but I have read that double stacking enhances
detail on the disk at the expense of the prominences.

Dick H
Burlington, VT

It depends on which day you ask me... or what time of the day.

The 60 will take magnification more readily and if you're looking
towards doing any imaging that's probably the direction you should
take. For visual the double-stacked 40 will show excellent contrast on
the solar disc that takes a bit more study with a wider bandpass
system to appreciate.

We're on the road starting right now so if you have a chance to meet
up with us at the larger star parties we'll be happy to show you the
differences at the eyepiece.

Regards,
Bill Dean
Coronado Technology Group

On 20 Feb 2004 20:22:37 -0800, (KC) wrote:

I'm looking for some comments from Coronado Maxscope users. Which
would you prefer - a double-stacked 40mm or a single 60mm? Obviously
the image of the Sun in the 40mm will be dimmer but more detailed. But
would it be too dim for public viewing?

The double stacked 40mm is actually $600 cheaper than a 60mm and half
the cost of the double stacked 60mm. Would appreciate any comments on
this, thanks.

It depends on which day you ask me... or what time of the day.

The 60 will take magnification more readily and if you're looking
towards doing any imaging that's probably the direction you should
take. For visual the double-stacked 40 will show excellent contrast on
the solar disc that takes a bit more study with a wider bandpass
system to appreciate.

We're on the road starting right now so if you have a chance to meet
up with us at the larger star parties we'll be happy to show you the
differences at the eyepiece.

Regards,
Bill Dean
Coronado Technology Group

On 20 Feb 2004 20:22:37 -0800, (KC) wrote:

I'm looking for some comments from Coronado Maxscope users. Which
would you prefer - a double-stacked 40mm or a single 60mm? Obviously
the image of the Sun in the 40mm will be dimmer but more detailed. But
would it be too dim for public viewing?

The double stacked 40mm is actually $600 cheaper than a 60mm and half
the cost of the double stacked 60mm. Would appreciate any comments on
this, thanks.

"KC" wrote in message
om...
Not too many of us can afford the luxury of twin 60mm. Coronados.

Yes, I know, that's why I'm wondering about the stacked 40mm.

The truth
is that only a few of us have the single version of these filters.
Getting
back to your question: I own a single 60mm which fits on a Pronto. In
order to make the Pronto pull double duty, all I need do is unscrew the
filter and I'm good to go. Besides, I recently read a report of the
Maxscope on Cloudynights.com and learned that the owner was not too
happy
with it.

Odd -- I've seen the single 40mm and 60 mm Maxscopes and they are both
quite nice and compare favorably with Daystar filters. I was just
reading cloudynights.com last night - I did not see any negative
comments.

The review I read was not a comparison between the Coronado and other
systems, it was only the owner's review of the Maxscope. Toward the end of
his review, he mentions that if he had it to do all over again, he would not
have selected the Maxscope. Suggest you go back and see if you can find
this review. If you can't, let me know (private email) and I'll find it for
you.



So my question is, why do you want a Maxscope?

Why the hell not?! Seriously, I'm looking for a dedicated solar
telescope. It would be piggybacked on an SCT to provide both white
light & H-alpha views for educational use.

If you piggyback your solar scope on an SCT, it's NOT a dedicated solar
scope. This was exactly my intention when I bought my Coronado last
year...to piggyback it on my 10" LX200 and view the sun in both H-alpha and
white light. So, I went and bought some pricy Losmandy rings, a white light
filter and I was ready to go. The first time I used it was really nice, but
the white light filter (particularly since you have an H-alpha mounted on
the same scope) becomes boring. More importantly, it quickly becomes a
_real_ pain to set up the LX200 so that you can view with a tiny solar
scope...it's just not necessary. So I mounted the Pronto and Coronado on a
CG5 and this is the way I use it today. I can set up the scope and start
viewing in a snap. I have since sold the expensive rings and the white
filter.

Al