Along with my 2nd-hand scope, I got a solar filter that looks remarkably like the off-axis one pictured on Thousand Oaks web site:
http://www.thousandoaksoptical.com/solar.html
However, it has a somewhat wrinkled film instead of the glass filter.
I understand that they did sell film filters that looked like this in the past, so I can assume that that's what it is.
Still, when I put the filter on my scope and then pointed it in the general direction of the sun, I was surprised to see a significant amount of orange light coming through the plastic surrounding the filter area. Has anyone else experience this? It doesn't seem reasonable.
Allen
http://www.thousandoaksoptical.com/solar.html
However, it has a somewhat wrinkled film instead of the glass filter.
I understand that they did sell film filters that looked like this in the past, so I can assume that that's what it is.
Still, when I put the filter on my scope and then pointed it in the general direction of the sun, I was surprised to see a significant amount of orange light coming through the plastic surrounding the filter area. Has anyone else experience this? It doesn't seem reasonable.
Allen
