I suggest you look to another supplier than Thousand Oaks.. They are like a
Black Hole. They do not respond to faxes or any other form of
communications. We just cancelled our order for a filter and ordered from a
live competator.

John

J & R Linse, Consultants
Headley, Hants., England

-----Original Message-----
Date: 01 June 1999 05:02
Subject: Re: [M]: Mars/Jupiter


>Joyce Mori wrote:
>>
>> Hello to all:
>>
>> I would appreciate opinions as to whether the new five inch ETX with f 15
>> and a 2000mm focal length would make a useable solar scope. The general
>> purpose would be for sun spot viewing and drawing. One should be able to
>> set up quickly.
>>
>> I'm thinking that a five inch aperture would be adequate and a relatively
>> long focal length should provide fairly large images of sunspots. Am I
>> right?
>>
>
>With a 1000 Oaks 2+ filter, the ETX 90EC is a very good solar scope. I
>imagine that the 125mm will be even better.

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