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Dedicated solar telescopes fall into two categories. There are white light telescopes like the Celestron Eclipsmart that will show sun spots and transits of inner planets or even the international space station across the surface of the sun. These are really fun and inexpensive scopes to get out and start looking at our local star.  

If you're looking for the detailed surface views and a close up look at prominences like solar flares, you need an h-alpha scope. These scopes are highly specialized and filter out all light except for bandwidths associated with hydrogen, the most abundant element of our sun. These scopes will give you mind-blowing views of incredible solar activity. You can pair them with a simple manual mount, or a dedicated solar tracking mount like the Sky Watcher SolarQuest.

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To observe our closest star – Sun, different types of telescopes can be used. Generally, solar telescopes have the same construction design as night-time telescopes, but with some improvements.

In most cases, solar telescopes are refractors with a smaller aperture. Personal solar refractors usually have between 40 to 60 mm aperture.

When observing the Sun, the light is magnified so much that it can damage your eyes. To ensure safety, the user needs to place a proper solar filter at the front of the telescope. Special built-in interface filters allow direct aiming at the Sun.

With a protected telescope, the Sun can be observed in different wavelengths:

White light

This type of observation allows the user to observe the Solar photosphere and sunspots. An observation with a white light solar filter is the cheapest solar observation – any telescope can be turned into a solar telescope.

Hydrogen-alpha

This observation is done with an HA telescope. It allows observation of the granulation on the Solar chromosphere, spicules, fibrils, Ellerman bombs, flares. An H-alpha solar telescope allows the user to see dynamic features. Only a very narrow band of light at 656 nm wavelengths – hydrogen spectrum (red-orange light) can pass through the filter, while white and IR light cannot. 


Violet calcium K-line light

This observation is used to study the wavelength of 393 nm, which is on the edge of the visual spectrum. Calcium K telescopes are mostly used in astrophotography.

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