Aloha Rob,

For Solar Observing I cut a hole in an umbrella so when I sit at the eyepiece my whole body is shaded. The only drawback is that it takes a sturdier mount than the telescope normally requires. Even in a good breeze the image stays still.

http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1078 One year at RTMC I saw a fellow that made his sun shade out of Solar Panels that charged a battery while he was observing. Erik 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.

Aloha Rob

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