Solar Observing Refractor or my Dob

Hi, I'm fairly new to solar astronomy and i'd love to get into it. I'd like to start off by buying a basic glass solar filter for one of my two telescopes: GSO 8" Dob and a Stellarvue NG 80mm refractor. Which of the two telescopes would yield the best view of the sun, and be the best to buy a solar filter for?

Thank you so much,
Mrastrophoto

I'm curious about this too. I just bought the little 90mm Orion Mak. I plan to upgrade to a bigger Dob latter this year. I wonder which would be the best scope for the filter. It certainly would be cheaper to get the filter for the Apex, so I'm leaning that way.

Ben Danner said:

Hi, I'm fairly new to solar astronomy and i'd love to get into it. I'd like to start off by buying a basic glass solar filter for one of my two telescopes: GSO 8" Dob and a Stellarvue NG 80mm refractor. Which of the two telescopes would yield the best view of the sun, and be the best to buy a solar filter for?

Thank you so much,
Mrastrophoto

My personally approach would be to get a filter for the refractor. Solar observation is generally done at low magnifications and one is not hurting for light. The ease of use of a small refractor makes it handy for solar observation...

Jon