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Colleagues,

I am working on a grant funded project for the Durango Discovery  
Museum in Durango, Colorado.  The grant calls for a sun scope as well  
as a telescope with NTSC video output.  I am a novice regarding sun  
scopes and telescopes.

The unit(s) will be included with a media cart (with large flat screen  
monitor) traveling with the Solar Roller, a trailer taken to community  
and school events.  It is expected that the Solar Roller will be  
deployed almost exclusively during the daytime ? so the telescope use  
may be minimal.  As the Solar Roller includes a demonstration solar  
power system, real-time attention to the science of the sun is a high  
priority.  Safety is of course always the highest priority so I don't  
think that a telescope with sun filter would be safe enough to use.

Have any of you had experience with equipment for sun viewing?

I am considering the Coronado PST - Personal Solar Telescope combined  
with a Astrovid CCD Video - Color PlanetCam securely attached to the  
eyepiece.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Joe Lounge

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