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How solar filters work

Here are some useful articles to show how solar filters work

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1   Link   An Introduction to air-spaced Etalons
Part 1: An Introduction to Air Spaced Etalons and Solar Telescope Technology
by Colin Kaminski
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2   Link   Resonant Spaces Part 2
Resonant Spaces - Part 2: An Introduction to Solid Spaced Etalons and Solar Telescope Technology
by Colin Kaminsk
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3   Link   Experiment in double stacking
Bob from Cloudy Nights forum posted this on his double-stacking Coronado SM 90 experiment
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4   Link   Double stacking
Here is Bob Yoesle's excellent piece on double stacking Ha front ethalon units
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5   Link   Single v Double-stacking
Here is an excellent Cloudy Nights forum thread discussing the differences between single and double stacking H-alpha telescopes
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6   Link   How a solar wedge works
Here are some diagrams as to how the solar wedge works
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7   Link   Lunt Solar Wedge from the inside out
Here Mark Townley dismantles a Lunt Solar Wedge.
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8   Link   Spectrohelioscope
Here is a CN thread on spectrohelioscopes
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9   Link   Why nightime H-alpha filters do not work for white light
Here is a superb explanation as to why it is not possible to use a night time hydrogen-alpha filter for solar work by Bob Yeosle
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10   Link   CaK system designs
Here is an extremely interesting thread on the CN forum showing how Cak filtration systems work.
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11   Link   Optical filter construction
Here is an excellent document describing the difference between hard and soft solar filer coatings.
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12   Link   Photomertic properties of commercial halpha filters
Here is an excellent paper discussing the photometric properties of commercial H alpha filters
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13   Link   Analysis of F-P Ha Filters
Here is an excellent analysis of the F-P etalon by Christian Valadrich
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