I was capturing video and removed the magnetic solar filter as quick and carefully as I could. It worked but didn’t love the results. Hard to not move the telescope a bit that causes realignment and then obviously it has to readjust exposure that takes a moment. Same when putting it back after totality. I’m also looking for advice. We have another chance next year in Spain!

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fghorow 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes indeed! Spain, next year! (And Australia, the year after that! ;-) )

I'm also wondering about the feasibility of taking these gizmos on airplanes, what with the Lithium battery packs, etc.

What we really need (for some definition of need) is a robot-filter-remover, timed to deal with the two critical times (first and last instant of totality; 2nd and 3rd contacts from memory). Anybody out there interested in building something like that? It would be purely a passion project, because it could only be used a few times a decade...

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dmarcos 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I’ve flown with it a handful of times without issue. Both in cabin luggage and checked in but I guess I’m risking it in the latter.

Not sure how a robot filter remover would work on the DWARF 3 that is reliable and works around loss of alignment and the exposure adjustment. I would love to find a solution for next year. Also wonder how can one test it out beforehand. I don’t want to burn the sensor ha ha

	▲	fghorow 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed! Also, I just found this (total hack, but cool)! [1] [1] https://github.com/nsuan/TelescopeFilter