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Astronomy > Filters > Solar Filters > Eyepiece-side filters > TS Optics > TS Optics Solar Prism with Polarizing and Narrowband Filter 1,25"
( 2.5 / 5 )
Product no.: 53753

Solar Prism with Polarizing and Narrowband Filter 1,25"

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Product description

Solar prisms, often called Herschel wedge or Herschel prism, are intended for observing the sun with refractor telescopes. Approximately 95% of the sunnlight are removed. The rest is available to the observer or photographer. The contrast is usually significantly better than with a lens filter.

This Solar prism from TS-Optics already comes completely equipped with extensive accessories. You don´t need additional filters or adapters for observing or photography

The advantages of the TS-Optics 1.25" Solar wedge:

  • Particularly high-quality surfaces for very high contrast
  • Enclosed housing with integrated light trap - no escaping stray light
  • Cooling fins for quick removal of the heat
  • 1.25" polarising dilter for screwing into the eyepiece or into the filter for continous adjustment of the brightness without without additional colouring.
  • 1.25" narrow band interference filter dor significantly enhancing the contrast of the solar surface. Especially faculae regions are shown better. The filter has a bandwidth of approximately 40 nm and a peak at 540 nm. Now sun observation is possible with fast Fraunhofer refractors, as the chromatic aberration is removed.
  • At the eyepiece side, 1.25" and T2 accessories can be attached.

Warning: Never use the Solar wedge without the supplied narrowband filter and the polarizing filter. Otherwise irreparable eye damage can result!!!

TS Optics is a brand of Teleskop-Service.

Specifications

Capacity


Connection (to the telescope)
1,25"
Connection ( to eyepiece)
1,25"
Half-value width (nm)
40
Central wavelength (nm)
540

Special features


Ring clamp
yes

General


Type
Solar Filters
Type of build
Herschel prism

Area of application


Useful for photographs
yes
Visually useful
yes

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TS Optics Solar Prism with Polarizing and Narrowband Filter 1,25"
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TS Optics Solar Prism with Polarizing and Narrowband Filter 1,25"
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Customer reviews

Easier to use film filter

Review by L. T. on 08.07.2023 13:20:06

( 3 / 5 )

To get a pic with the wedge camera must be set with high ISO around 800 I used a nikkon d3200. With the film you set it at 100. Film $30 wedge $145. Little difference in pic quality. All depends on focus use of a barlow and of course polarizing filter and perhaps an h alpha filter which i did not use

No you cant just attach a camera shoot stuninng pics

Review by L. T. on 07.07.2023 13:19:05

( 2 / 5 )

These prisms are for viewing not so much for imaging. If you are new to star gazing dont get hooked buying new gadgets. Be realist a 70mm telescope wont under any circumstamce give amazing pics no matter what you attach to it. Expect to spend at least $5k for anything impressive otherwise all ypu see in night sky is white dots

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