Is a solid Hydrogen alpha etalon right for you? @AZASTROGUY

Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

There are several ways to see the Sun in hydrogen alpha. I've previously reviewed Lunt pressure tuned telescopes and the MLAstro spectroheliograph. This review covers in detail solid mica etalon designs from Daystar and Solar Spectrum.

Links discussed in the video

Discussions on Quarks:
1. Cloudy Nights — “Honest Opinions on Quality Control of the Daystar Quark”
cloudynights.com/topic/968798-honest-opinions-on-quality-control-of-the-daystar-quark
2. Stargazers Lounge — “Solar Scope: What Would You Buy?”
stargazerslounge.com/topic/419785-solar-scope-what-would-you-buy
3. Cloudy Nights — “Solar H-alpha Filters with Better Etalon than Quark Chromosphere?”
cn4dev.cloudynights.com/forums/topic/897865-solar-halpha-filters-with-better-etalon-than-quark-chromosphere

Daystar service experience:
cloudynights.com/articles/user-reviews/daystar-filters%E2%80%99-sr-127-%E2%80%98qt%E2%80%99-dedicated-hydrogen-alpha-solar-telescope-chromosphere-model-r4686

Hydrogen alpha filter independent testing:
viladrich.astrosurf.com/astro/instrument/spectro/Narrow-band-filters.html

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