Sleepy Telescope

Solar rig

Bresser 127L with the ASI174MM: my solar rig, in white light and in H-alpha.

Solar rig

The Sun is imaged with the Bresser 127L refractor and the ASI174MM, in two ways.

  • Telescope: Bresser Messier AR-127L, 127 mm, 1200 mm at f/9.4
  • White light: through a Tecnosky Herschel wedge
  • H-alpha: a Daystar Quark Chromosphere double-stacked with the etalon of the Lunt LS35THa
  • Camera: ASI174MM, monochrome with a global shutter
  • Mount: NEQ6 Pro with the Rowan belt modification