LUNT LS50FHA SOLAR FILTER

Lunt Solar recommend that Customers pair their Lunt Filters with a Lunt product. This will guarantee the fit and performance of the entire system.

Lunt Solar offer Double Stacking filters for our products. Furthermore, these DSII systems will include the adapter plate required for the Lunt product being Double Stacked. Please see our DSII Filters for more info.

The Lunt LS50FHa Solar Filter is a 50 mm aperture (no central obstruction) integrally tuned etalon for use on Lunt ED Refractors.

Lunt Solar will be introducing a larger selection of ED Telescopes that will meet your Solar needs for Daytime observing and meet the additional requirements of Nighttime observing.  In this way you can use one scope for day and night.

Lunt Solar also offer a full line of dedicated Solar Telescopes.

You MUST use a matching Lunt Blocking Filter with a Lunt Solar front mounted Filter (this is a safety requirement). For this reason choose the blocking filter that best suits your requirements for the system. It’s important to realize that a larger blocking filter is recommended for imaging due to the need for in-focus of the camera.

• B600 – Visual Use – Typical to the LS/ED80
• B1200 – Imaging and Visual Use – Typical to the LS/ED80
• B1200 – Visual Use – Typical to the LS/ED102
• B1800 – Imaging and Visual Use -Typical to the LS/ED102

Removing the LS50FHa Solar Filter for night use

The Lunt ED telescopes are designed to retrofitted with the LS50FHa Hydrogen-alpha Filter.  In this way you can use the ED telescopes during the day. Notably, they are easily removable so that the Lunt ED scope can continue to be used for night observing.

Because the LS50FHa Solar Filter has an estimated bandpass of

LS50FHa Specifications: (single filter)

• Optical Aperture: 50 mm
• Etalon: Internal
• Tuning: Tilt
• Focal Length: ED80 (f/7) ED102 (f/7)
• Filter Storage: Aluminum finished hard case with fitted foam
• Filter Weight: 2 lb (~1kg)