SAFELY Pointing a Telescope at the Sun with the Baader Herschel Prism

[@sjpp71]

That fantastic image showing popcorn-like granulation is worth the entire video. Fantastic. Liking your content. Cheers.

[@TheVastReaches]

Just saw this. Thanks a bunch. Glad you like.

[@gee6607]

Excellent video. Appreciate your honesty as well as your clear description of the product

[@TheVastReaches]

Glad to hear that. Thanks!

[@AstralviewsUK]

Good stuff! Also, congrats on your imminent 300th sub!

[@TheVastReaches]

Thanks 🙏. Trying to get on my feet here.

[@jimtaylor5802]

Exceptional video - purchased the wedge based on your review and now planning some pics prior to and after totality; have two other setups for totality and to do a composition…

[@TheVastReaches]

Good to hear! Thank you. Best of luck on the weather.

[@Victor_Greene]

I’ve been a fan of your work for good while now and I’m so glad you’re making videos! Looking forward to more.

[@TheVastReaches]

Thanks for the kind words. I hope I can make you a fan of my videos. It’s a whole different thing I’m still trying to figure out (more like stumble my way through) 😂!

[@arthurcychan]

👍👍👍

[@MelindaGreen]

Should have mentioned that viewing a total solar eclipse through a telescope or binoculars during totality without filters is something you can and should do. It's one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen and one that can't be reproduced in any photograph because the human eye has such an amazingly huge dynamic range. Sadly, few people outside the astronomy community know this, or worse will lie about the dangers which should be obvious.

[@TheVastReaches]

Yes. Not a video on how to best observe eclipses but perhaps I should make a separate one … I ended up (unsuccessfully) trying to edit this down as much as I could!

[@MelindaGreen]

@@TheVastReaches The title is accurate, but from the intro I thought it was going to be about eclipse viewing.

[@travlon5101]

Fantastic final results !! I'm curious as to how you produced a color image from a monochrome camera. Have you ever done a tutorial video on this process? I would love to know how. I know in regular astrophotography, we use RGB filters to produce the colors, but in this video you said you didn't use the filter wheel. Please let us know. Thanks so much for making this video.

[@TheVastReaches]

Thank you and I’m glad you found it useful. I do mention in the video that the output is simply colorized yellow/orange to present a “familiar” tone. This is done with a simple levels adjustment in RGB channels. But, this is purely an aesthetic choice in post-processing, naturally the image is pure green from this filter! I am just in the infancy of this channel trying to produce some initial content so stay tuned.

[@travlon5101]

Thanks for your quick reply. You did mention that in your video, I just didn't fully understand what you meant. OK . I'm anxious to give it a try soon. I have the same Badder filter (green) and I use PixInsight and Affinity photo for my processing. Thanks again. I just subscribed to your channel. Keep them coming.@@TheVastReaches

[@TheVastReaches]

@travlon5101 Cheers thanks! Quick answer, starting with a mono image, add a levels adjustment and set the midtone to 1.6 for red, 0.6 for green, and 0.3 for blue. This will give a nice yellow/orange tone. Just a starting point... Also, we are commenting on the non-4k version. You may be interested to check out my updated video which shows the results in higher quality (less compression artifacts). Find it on my page. Pardon my growing pains figuring out what works best, ;)

[@naeempkpk470]

nice video

[@TheVastReaches]

Thanks for the visit and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@HoppyHourReviews]

Great video, I just found a G1 Wedge while going thru my dads gear. I would like to use it on my SCT but I would be worried about heating up the internal optics.

[@TheVastReaches]

These are not to be used with reflective optics due to the heating issues you mention.

[@poruatokin]

Great video - but VERY annoying background / foreground noise (the "music")

[@Zircon_215]

So does the photographic version contain everything that the visual version does … that is, if I purchase the photographic version can I throw on an eyepiece and observe visually? Also, can I use it on my Orion Eon 130mm triplet without any extra filters out front? Great video, by the way

[@TheVastReaches]

Yes and thanks! The photo version just comes with extras, those being additional ND filter options. It is safe to observe visually through using the setup explained in the manual which is the “Visual” version configuration and that is all supplied in the “Photo” version and the way it is configured upon delivery.