Mercury photography question & Introduction

**gaweidert** · 11-12-2019, 12:46 PM

Kind of late now but when I photograph the sun directly I make cover for the front of the the lens with an piece of opaque plastic with a small aperture. This allows a lot less light into the lens and is safer all around. The last transit of Venus I took my old Jason telescope and projected the image onto a white card and watched it that way. The neighborhood kids got a big kick out of it too.

**UncleVanya** · 11-12-2019, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by gaweidert

Kind of late now but when I photograph the sun directly I make cover for the front of the the lens with an piece of opaque plastic with a small aperture. This allows a lot less light into the lens and is safer all around. The last transit of Venus I took my old Jason telescope and projected the image onto a white card and watched it that way. The neighborhood kids got a big kick out of it too.

My 8" is painful to use on a full moon so I use a cardboard template to reduce the aperture to 2" for comfortable eyepiece viewing. The solution you use seems very similar in a different application. (obviously not for viewing the sun directly!).

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11-12-2019, 12:46 PM	#16
gaweidert Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,325	Kind of late now but when I photograph the sun directly I make cover for the front of the the lens with an piece of opaque plastic with a small aperture. This allows a lot less light into the lens and is safer all around. The last transit of Venus I took my old Jason telescope and projected the image onto a white card and watched it that way. The neighborhood kids got a big kick out of it too.

11-12-2019, 03:03 PM	#17
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,404	Originally posted by gaweidert Kind of late now but when I photograph the sun directly I make cover for the front of the the lens with an piece of opaque plastic with a small aperture. This allows a lot less light into the lens and is safer all around. The last transit of Venus I took my old Jason telescope and projected the image onto a white card and watched it that way. The neighborhood kids got a big kick out of it too. My 8" is painful to use on a full moon so I use a cardboard template to reduce the aperture to 2" for comfortable eyepiece viewing. The solution you use seems very similar in a different application. (obviously not for viewing the sun directly!).