Who said you have to be in the dark to do astronomy? Turning your telescope to the Sun is fun and educational. Watch the march of giant sunspots, the clouds of glowing vapor in the photosphere, and solar granulation detail. But be sure to protect your precious vision with a safe Orion solar filter! Looking at the Sun without one, even for an instant, can permanently damage your eyes. Superior to Mylar These full-aperture optical glass telescope filters deliver superb views of the Sun, without risk to your eyes. While more expensive than Mylar filters, Orion glass solar filters provide better contrast, a more natural yellow-orange color instead of blue, and their glass and aluminum construction is much more durable. They're ideal for photographing the Sun too! The glass elements are machine-polished and triple-coated with an advanced nickel-chromium stainless steel alloy for a scratch-resistant surface. The filter passes only a fraction of the incoming light, rejecting harmful ultraviolet and infrared radiation.
J**K
Works, not sure if it's worth this much.
I bought this to, well, look at the sun without going blind. Of course packaging was good and the item was not damaged. It is just a slip on friction fit for my SkyQuest XT8. There is no obvious way to tell if it is on all the way but if you measure it out, you will get used to it. Make sure it is on all the way; it would be very painful to have it fall off while observing. I also do not feel the plastic thumb screws are effective. Tightening them feels like they will be easy to strip out. After mounting it, I went to check out the sun. It is actually a little hard to find ironically, since you can't (well, shouldn't) use a reflex sight. It shows up as a pretty boring yellow/orange ball. You can see some sunspots which is cool for a few minutes then it gets a little old. As another reviewer mentioned, this would be great for an eclipse though. They also do not include any type of protective case/sleeve so keep that in mind when ordering. Honestly, I would recommend you borrow this from a friend before buying.
R**H
The solar views through eyepieces as well as digital SLR images are excellent. Sunspots are sharply defined
The 9.25 Orion solar filter fits perfectly on both my 8in Meade and 8in Celestron SC telescopes. The solar views through eyepieces as well as digital SLR images are excellent. Sunspots are sharply defined.
S**1
Solar Filter
Fits my Orion 8xt quite well so far. In the larger sunspots you can see prenumbra shadows. I use a 25mm regular eyepiece. I'll probably get some wide angle eyepieces too.
D**G
Orion telescope
Every thing that I have bought from Amazon has met or exceeded my expectations...The telescope is wonderful and is much easier to work with than my previous telescope, Orion has a wonderful product that is hard to beat.
N**H
was a great product fit on my orion xt8
the sun looks awesome through it and was pretty cool to see the sun spots on the sun kind of pricy but well i guess it was good enough
B**N
Five Stars
Works great with my XT8.
C**S
Three Stars
Work fine.
T**S
Five Stars
Surprised at the great quality.
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