From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@me.com>

Date: January 24, 2010 8:46:09 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Baader solar fim set-up..


Hi,

My Baader solar film arrived today after a hiccup where the first parcel was lost. This replacement one was already opened (probably to check for dangerous goods?) so I`m wondering if the first parcel was deemed as dangerous!? Here`s a couple of photos of the mask on the cake spring form. The aperture of the hole in the cardboard sheets is a little over 6 inches (about 150 cms or so), the spring form is 280 cm & the scope is a C9.25... My only question at this stage is how flat must the film be held?...Ray, I`ll try your off axis suggestion when I have more cardboard..

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Mark.