Do You Have Newton Rings? Then Try This...

Hello everyone

It has been a minute since my last video and that is mainly because of my weather. Not much one can do about it other than move somewhere else which isn't going to happen... ;-)

Since getting into solar Astronomy. I have always had Newton Rings. Asking around and doing some research on them. The fix always seems to be to tilt the camera which is the exact opposite of what I was trained to do with any camera. I spent most of my time with cameras of any kind making sure the camera was straight to the optics.

A couple of months ago I started to think about a solution that wouldn't require me to tilt the camera and I went on a hunt through my unused Astro toys. There I found a ZWO Dispersion Corrector and the light went off. This adaptor uses prisms to bend the light path and if this worked like I hoped. I didn't need to tilt my camera.

This video will show you the problem I have and then I'll show you the gear and finally, I show how easy it is to remove those pesky Newton Rings forever from any solar rig. Thanks for your patience while I had to wait for the weather... Clear Skies