two a bit less and four more tiny ones amongst them. X60 was even better - 8 sunspots in the group, one large with a hint of peculiar shape, another quite big one. The wobbly three Sunspot bin view was surpassed with more spots seen and yes penumbras round two of them. Cranking the Spotters mannification to x40 proved even better.
I was using the Spotter on a decent photo tripod so the X20 image was better than as seen through my handheld filtered 20 x 60 bins. After focussing on the Sun properly I was immediately pleased with the image. But seetting the variable magnifying power to minimum x20 helped. Very nice, but would the new Baader filter and Aldi Spotter set up prove any use for actually observing the Sun in White Light ?Īnswer (though only relating to my own standards of course)-BRILLIANT !Īs expected pointing the Spotter with its angle eyepiece at the Sun wasn't dead easy. Partly good luck and partly by design the open card tube nicely holds a Baader filter I had already made for my 20 x 60 binoculars. Then cut a slot half way into the card tube enabling the open tube to slide on the front end of the Spotter the tight fitting slot accomodating the objective cover hinge.
Homemade sun spotter telescope plus#
The answer was simple make another open cardboard tube (card strip 2inches wide curled round to appropriate diameter 60mm plus and glued and stiffened with sticky carpet tape. I am so pleased with the Spotter though that I didn't like butchering it (even though I decided doing so wouldn't stop the cover being used).Īctually the existing Baader filter tube I use on my 20 x 60 bins was just too small to fit my Aldi Spotter (even though bins and Spotter are both 60mm aperture). I considered sawing off the Spotters objective cover hinge. That meant my simple White light Baader filters housed in "home made" card board tubes could NOT be fitted on the Aldi Spotter. I'd never seriously thought about it before having realised that the Aldi scope's objective lens cover is hinged (not fully removable) always remaining attached to the telescopes dew cap, even when opened for observing. Could I use my 60mm x20 to X60 Aldi Soptting scope to observe the Sun in white light ? My Coronado PST proved that true, and to my surprise I couldĪctually see more than with the bins (although I was using the PST at X32 power more than the X20 bins. White light Baader filtered 20 x 60 binoculars provided a fine view with a very obvious close triplet of Sun-spots suggesting a more thorough investigation desirable. You can try whatever you want though- creativity has no limit.Having missed out recently I was keen to observe the Sun today. Instead, I traced out the lines and added some sparkle to the stars with some red, orange, and green color pencils. I didn't use glitter glue on the second tube because I thought the glitter might rub off anyway whenever I slid the tube out or in after the glue dries. I also used I different colors of glitter glue such as red, sliver, gold, indigo, and magenta to make it shine. I also used orange, pink, and yellow construction paper to make planets, moons and stars. I covered the whole thing with dark blue colored paper, then did the rims with rings of violet paper. Next, you can add a light sprinkle of glitter, or paper cut outs of stars, comets, planets, glittery rainbows of galaxies- anything else you'd like to personalize or make your telescope look cooler.
I used dark blue and purple colored paper to give a space-like feeling, like I said before. Here's the fun bit! Use colored paper, wrapping paper, or paint to paint your tubes if you haven't before. That way, when I slide the back tube in all the way, a little sticks out, and it looks a bit nice, while when I stretch it out, it's a little longer than I would need to find the focal point, but at the same time isn't too long and very hard to slide around and find. I cut my front tube 23 cm long, and the back one 25 cm. Unless your front tube is longer than the distance between the two glasses, you don't need to cut it shorter, but it'll probably look nicer if it's not too awkward and long. You want your tubes to be a bit longer than that, but not too long it's an awkward length and is too hard to find the focal point at the end when your telescope is finished. That's the focal point.Ĭonsider how far apart the glasses are at the focal point. Bring the bigger glass closer and farther until whatever's in front of you becomes the clearest it can be. Looking through the smaller glass, place the bigger one far out in front of you so you're looking through both at the same time (make sure there's something in front of you to see or read).
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