End-Cap Solar Filter Mount

Customizing A Baader Solar Filter Mount for Your Telescope

Off-Axis Mounting for Reflectors and Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes

See a photo illustration of construction Here.

For your standard refractor, binocular, or Maksutov objective, you will center the filter material. The collar may be made from cardboard, cardstock, or opaque flexible plastic. The cap material should not allow any light through either the hole around the Baader Material, or the edges where it connects to the collar. You may need to run duct tape or electrical tape around the join, or make the end piece hang over the collar with flanges cut to bend over the collar and be taped down.

For your standard Newtonian Reflector or Schmidt-Cassegrain, you will mount the filter material off-axis to avoid light blockage by internal components mounted inside the telescope tube. The collar may be made from cardboard, cardstock, or opaque flexible plastic. The cap material should not allow any light through either the hole around the Baader Material, or the edges where it connects to the collar. You may need to run duct tape or electrical tape around the join, or make the end piece hang over the collar with flanges cut to bend over the collar and be taped down.

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