Hi Rob, that's an excellent idea! Shouldn't it properly be called a "gobee", lol. It could be rigged on stake(s) to push it into the ground, to keep breezes from knocking it over. I'm kind of limited on size and weight for any sunshield directly attached to the PST due to weight restrictions on the small GoTo mount I use- especially since I plan on mounting my white-light scope next to the PST on the same bracket. This week at work I'll experiment with some thin polycarbonate film painted white on one side and either lined with black flocked paper on the other, or simply painted black. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Rob Ratkowski Photography < ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

Aloha Chuck

my solution to the solar viewing problem has been to put a 'gobo' (go between, a 12x18 piece of matt board that's white on one side, black on the other clamped to a pole) to shade the person and eyepiece and to put a circular disc of thin plastic ( Old G11 clutch pads are perfect) w/ a layer of black velveteen glued on. The gobo blocks the sun from heating you up and looking into the eyepiece w/ a black field around it is easy on the eyes. I use this set up on my refractor w/ a Herschel wedge, we'll do a similar set up when the Lunt LS200 arrives. All we need now is something that is interesting on the sun.