Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Here's a quick look at the Heliostar76 portable hydrogen alpha solar telescope. I discuss its pros and cons, show actual images I've taken with it and discuss where it fits in the solar telescope ecosystem.

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Links to Sun and Seeing conditions:

SDO: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data
Astrospheric: astrospheric.com
Meteoblue seeing: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/...
Clearskyscharts: cleardarksky.com/csk

Software:

Sharpcap: sharpcap.co.uk

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