SolarMaxIII 70mm Unboxing

The Meade Coronado SolarMaxIII 70mm from unboxing.
Telescope: www.meade.com/...

[@fjbsolutions2446]

I got mine 2 months ago! Same as yours. It sure is a beauty! I need to get a monochrome camera now!

[@DrDante221]

When all else fails...read the directions! Enjoy that beauty!

[@leosmith8]

Wow !! That telescope is amazing, congratulations and enjoy it a lot !! greetings from Mendoza - Argentina

[@korbinjericho9564]

I realize I am pretty off topic but does anybody know a good site to watch new movies online ?

[@marcuskylen5726]

@Korbin Jericho I watch on flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

[@jaylencorbin3284]

@Marcus Kylen Yea, been watching on flixzone for years myself =)

[@korbinjericho9564]

@Marcus Kylen thank you, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I appreciate it !!

[@marcuskylen5726]

@Korbin Jericho No problem :D

[@slapastronomy8646]

Nice video and a beautiful scope. Congrats on the new gear! Scott

[@rkeele82]

Thanks, it's pretty amazing!

[@slapastronomy8646]

@@rkeele82 I hope to pick one up pretty soon. I used to own a Coronado SM40/BF10 filter set that I mounted on my small refractors. The double stack 60mm should be a nice step up in performance. Scott

[@craiglowery4427]

Cool telescope Scott. How much does it weigh

[@Wolfie6020]

Very nice review thank you. I just ordered this telescope. Can you fit a T adapter for a DSLR camera to the diagonal? It looks like the thread is there in your video for this.

[@rkeele82]

Yes you can fit a T-adapter for this scope on the diagonal, though I will admit the best way I have found to photograph the Sun is by using an dedicated astronomy USB camera to take a video, then stack the frames for a final image. I did a small quick video on one of the cameras offered by Meade Instruments, I just added it at the end of this video if you want to check it out. Though they have come out with a newer version, that has a little more impressive specs.

[@Wolfie6020]

+Keele Photography, Thank you very much for the reply. I have a ZWO camera so will try that too. It looks like a great telescope.

[@rkeele82]

I have also tried my ZWO 178MC, and it does pretty well! You will love the scope. One more thing, this website halpha.nso.edu/ shows the sun in halpha from different places around the world, so you can check to see the current conditions etc... I use it almost daily. Great Resource!

[@Wolfie6020]

+Keel Photography Great link thanks. I travel a lot for work and the scope will be waiting at the next hotel I visit so I can't wait to get my hands on it.

[@saffarty390]

@@rkeele82 When we were holiday in India we drove past the GONG observatory in Udaipur. Few understood my excitement!

[@DistantGlowingStar]

Congrats !!, I will order one same with double stacking. I love sitting in Sun, now I will watch and capture video. From whom did you place your order ? Don't forget to post some pictures. Enjoy

[@Mrpaulgs]

They finally got rid of the helical focuser! I just spent $700 replacing the one on my Solar Max II 60 with a moonlite focuser.

[@my3dviews]

You should do an ISS transit video with this scope. :-)

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

Yeah, you would not see anything but black looking at ANYTHING other than the sun. lol

[@my3dviews]

@OnceShy_TwiceBitten When the ISS transits the sun, you would see its silhouette when in front of it.

[@fernandorivera2395]

I liked the video but not the audio, even turned up to maximum volume could barely hear anything you said about the scope ☹️

[@lazydayhohum]

Not a bad price for what you get and get to see with it and guess what I went to link and "OUT OF STOCK" dam.

[@rkeele82]

This Summer they will be releasing the 90mm that comes with a double stack option as well. Not sure on the price with that one, but something to think about :)

[@markhodges7554]

Nice eclipse video, and it is a nice scope.

[@andrecoutinho5932]

Do you recommand this scope for the solarmax 2. 60 mm ?

[@rkeele82]

I have never used the 60mm, so I can't say for sure, however while this is an amazing scope especially with it's versatility, I would opt for the Solarmax 2 90mm, since it's about the same price. I am mostly speaking from a photography stand point, though visually there are few telescopes that can give the detail you can see with this scope since there are 3 ways to tune the H-alpha light spectrum to the best possible image.

[@andrecoutinho5932]

Thanks! I Will go for a other cheeper 60mm scope. Becource i do only visual.

[@worldbestpilot]

This "so-called 70 mm solar telescope" has only a free aperture of 60 mm (etalon aperture) ; as can be seen in this video. Only the refractor behind has 70 mm.

[@cryptojihadi265]

Thanks for sharing. I've been debating this or the 90mm double. But looking at some comparison images I don't think the 90 gives you that much more. Certainly not double the price more. Just one thing, PROMISE me you will travel to where you can see the total eclipse in 2024. Trust me, it will destroy you. Me skd my friends were MESSED up after eyeing it. Pictures and videos font do a total eclipse justice. I THOUGHT I knew what I was in for, I wasn't. Once in a lifetime event.

[@jasonborne5359]

what happened at 13:50?

[@rkeele82]

No clue, sometimes when I processed video with my old video card it had an occasional glitch, that was probably one of those glitches.

[@jasonborne5359]

awesome scope! I just have a pretty simple refractor telescope but I got into viewing the solar system a year or so ago and love looking at saturn and jupiter... venus is now I'm my horizon but I can't really see anything. I was looking into get a solar lens to look at the sun. Obviously won't be this awesome but... I do what I can on a budget

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

LMFAO, unboxed damage on one that was videoed, imagine how many were like that but never happened to be on video? lmfao, not a good sign for meade crap lol