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hi,is it possible to buy a sm60 double stack etalon and a bf 10 and use them on an st80 with the correct adaptor to fit the etalon over the end.


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is it possible to buy a solarmax 60 etalon and blocking filter and use them with an adaptor on an st80,also would the aperture be 80mm or 60mm because of the size of the etalon.

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Well kind of, 'maybe'... It depends whether the etalon in question is actually a primary etalon or a double stacking etalon. Primary yes, double stack I would say no as these are designed to be slightly 'offband' of the Ha centre line, and tilting will not necessarily get it back on band, especially without banding issues...


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It would end up being 60mm aperture...

Is this the one you are talking about? http://www.telescopehouse.com/acatalog/ ... uning.html


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Yes thats the one.


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That's designed to be used on the end of an SM60 scope


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I use a SM40 double stack unit on the front of an 80mm scope and use a BF10
on the back-end. Works fine for me.
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It really is suck em' and see with these things, no hard or fast rules, but, it's an 800 quid suck em and see...


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marktownley wrote:That's designed to be used on the end of an SM60 scope
I do have a solarmax 60 scope mark and that's the reason I bought the extra double stack etalon but iwas wondering if I could take the bf10 off the solarmax and use it with the double stack on a skywatcher st80 with the correct adaptor for the end of the tube.


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Yup, you could. It may or may not work (in the sense you get an 'on band' image with the ST80). If you do go that route I have a specific adapter for this etalon to fix onto a scope, PM me if you want further details on this.


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