We were able to get a spacer to make the very last LS75F/B1200.  Although this will be the last Unobstructed 75 produced for quite a while, we do have a very interesting, and sure to be on many want lists, system coming up in the next couple of weeks. You will find more info listed here as soon as it becomes available.

LS75F/B1200 Unobstructed
This is the very last LS75F Unobstructed to be produced at this time.
The Filter is in New and Excellent condition.

When ordering, please let us know the altitude at which you intend to use the Filter. Although the Filter has a wide range of tunability, we want to ensure that it is optimized for your use.
ie: If you intend to use at 9,000ft, it will need to be tuned slightly higher.

Price US$3,985.00 (other BFs available at modified cost)
Subject to prior sales etc. etc.. There’s only 1.

The LS35Ts are shipping from Stock!!

But, did you know that the LS35T/DS/Deluxe is also shipping from stock??

You only need look at the Lunt Solar website to appreciate just how good this entry level scope is now performing.
The system is a 35mm front mounted etalon. As you know most entry level products to this point have a much smaller internal etalon.

The etalon is placed in front of the objective. Which in the case of this small fast refractor, is ideal. It provides a sharp, flat field of resolution and contrast.

The LS35T is offered in a DS version. We have added an additional 35mm non-obstructed etalon filter to the front of the existing LS35T. This provides for a less than 0.5 Angstrom bandpass. The front DS etalon is removable for those that want to research the Solar edge. The DS is useful for really pulling out the surface details.

As you know we made the latest revisions of the LS35T slightly brighter than normal. This was to allow for higher magnifications before dimming, and also the use of the DS system

NOTES:

The DS is currently available only in the Deluxe Package. We hope to make the stand alone module available in a few months (no pre-orders please), but due to the current need to match the front filter due to the tilt of both etalons (unique to the LS35T) we feel that this best be done at the factory as a package.

The Deluxe Package has the advantage of the 6mm blocking filter allowing for imaging applications.

The Price of the LS35T/DS/Deluxe is currently US$1,048.00.
As a special introductory offer thru February we will replace the standard 10mm eyepiece with a Lunt Zoom Eyepiece at NO Extra Charge.

Contact: sales@luntsolarsystems.com
Or order direct from our website or a local dealer..

I was recalling the conversations that I have had with people over the last 1 to 2 years. Looking thru a solar telescope didn’t exactly wow the viewer. Trying to express that this was just the beginning, and that things would liven up was a repetative task. But despite it all, the Sun has had it’s moments, and even Solar Minimum has been interesting and educational…

There are a few of us that remember the last Solar Maximum. For many we simply took it for granted, having not experienced the previous Solar Minimum, we came to expect the daily show of Coronal Mass Ejections, Flare activity, a Sun covered in so many filaments that it looked like it would crack open at any moment. Yeah right.. Those were the days. And how many times did I hear that we were entering a Maunder Minimum? This and that person claiming that the Solar Activity had stopped and we were not going to see another Solar Maximum for many years. Did I even hear Ice Age??? What was I thinking starting a Solar Telescope company?.

To keep things in perspective, we live in a time full of predictions based on “scientific” calculations. How often have I seen a weather forecast stating Sunshine and warm temps, only to look out the window and wonder when the rain was going to stop. Upcoming events have a 50/50% chance of Rain, or is that Sun??

Sometimes all you can do is sit back and wait to see what happens. Put faith in the fact that despite it all, there will be another Solar Maximum. Life in the universe will continue to “go thru the motions”.

So looking up today (testing not observing ;) I am noting yet another active region coming around the limb, and while this may be a repeat performance from a few weeks ago, it is still new in it’s size and shape, it still holds the potential for something dramatic and unpredictable.

Did I say unpredictable?

That’s right. Unpredictable. For that is exactly why Solar Observing is such a unique and addictive pastime. Walk up to a night time observer and ask “what’s new?” ;) Both night and day have excitement and offer a Universe of Educational opportunities. The observation of a new system, galaxy, or star. While the night time observer has a wealth of objects to look at, the day time observer has only one. The Sun.. But we have a big one…The Sun is a Star, sort of the Ace in the deck. This Star is much like the vast number of other Stars that you can see at night. However, this start is close, very close. (okay it would still take 20 years to fly there in a jumbo jet)… It’s still close enough that we can see details of it’s surface thru even a small and inexpensive telescope. To understand the working of those distant points of light, we need only look inward into our own Solar System and study a perfect example up close, and personal.

I’ll go out on a limb here and state that like most Stars, ours is unpredictable. An ever changing picture of super hot ionized gasses, moving and churning thru and around magnetic storms in the surface layers of the Sun. In the months and years to come this activity will increase dramatically. Daily observations will amaze and educate the onlooker. The potential for a flare will increase. Even in these days, we have seen flare activity. The odds of a Solar event effecting the Earth will also increase. As we watch the active regions move across the Sun’s surface, there will be times when they cross the very center of the disk, and the Earth is left facing the event head on. What effect would a significant flare or eruption have on our planet? The seeing of the event in real time to the effect it has right here at home? From Northern Lights as our own atmosphere is ionized by high energy particules, to electric outages, and loss of satellite signals, (hey, my GPS deosn’t know where I am??).

Today’s Solar Telescopes allow you to look at and into the heart of an active region that may be as few as 2 or 3 times the size of the Earth to many 10s of times larger. Observations will provide realtime realization of a dynamic Star. Unpredictable?.. You bet.. Easy to see? You bet.. WOW!! you bet..

I think it’s safe to say we can call off the Ice Age. At the very least we won’t be able to blame the next Ice Age on Maunder Minimum.

I invite you to look up with Lunt Solar. We’ll keep you posted on upcoming events, and we look forward to seeing you at a Star Party very soon.

About Lunt Solar Systems LLC…

Lunt Solar Systems is a manufacturing and sales facility located in Tucson, Arizona. Lunt Solar design, fabricate, assemble, and test solar telescopes and solar filters. Whether you are looking for a dedicated solar telescope or a solar filter for attachment to you own astronomy telescope, we can help. Solar telescopes models start at $499 for an LS35T (telescope) or the LS50F (filter) all the way thru the 152T and the 160F. Solar observing is both fun and educational. Don’t miss out on Solar Maximum. Feel free to contact us with question or comments and we’d be happy to help.