{"id":29554,"date":"2023-10-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29554"},"modified":"2023-09-16T19:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T05:30:27","slug":"binocular-solar-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29554","title":{"rendered":"Binocular Solar Filter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the things I brought back from Oregon Star Party was a set of solar filters for binoculars.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=29555\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CL38-11-23224-DC-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"A simple set of solar filters for my Nikon binoculars\" class=\"wp-image-29555\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A simple set of solar filters for my Nikon binoculars<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The filters were from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daystarfilters.com\/\">DayStar Filters<\/a> who had a booth at the star party.  I spent a while chatting with the gal running the booth and enjoying the hydrogen alpha views through the &#8216;scope they had set-up.  The Daystar SS60 Hydrogen alpha &#8216;scope they had on sale was rather tempting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=14388\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CG96-35-14297-D2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sunspot AR2192\" class=\"wp-image-14388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CG96-35-14297-D2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CG96-35-14297-D2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CG96-35-14297-D2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The complex sunspot AR2192 visible on 24 October, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>What I did buy were a couple sets of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daystarfilters.com\/ULF\/ULF.shtml\">White Light ULF, universal lens filters<\/a>.  These filters used a simple die-cut cardboard cup to cover the objectives of mid-sized binoulars. I had fun assembling them and enjoyed daily solar views at the star party using the Nikon 8 x 40mm binos I had along.  There is quite a bit of sunspot activity as we approach solar maximum making the views worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=29556\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CL38-12-23224-DC-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"A simple set of solar filters for my Nikon binoculars\" class=\"wp-image-29556\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A simple set of solar filters for my Nikon binoculars<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arriving home I decided to improve on these little filters, taking the filter elements out of them and installing these into 3D printed shells to replace the cardboard.  Being careful with the design I ensured no possible light leakage as well as reliable attachment to the binoculars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, the image of the Sun shown above was not taken with these filters, but rather with a small telescope, but it is representative of the view through the binocular solar filters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things I brought back from Oregon Star Party was a set of solar filters for binoculars. The filters were from DayStar Filters who had a booth at the star party. I spent a while chatting with the gal running the booth and enjoying the hydrogen alpha views through the &#8216;scope they had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29554\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Binocular Solar Filter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1110,206],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CL38-11-23224-DC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29560,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29554\/revisions\/29560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}