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Re: [OM] Rental equipment destroyed during eclipse :-)

Subject: Re: [OM] Rental equipment destroyed during eclipse :-)
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 06:13:37 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     Also true for those "sun filters" that go inside the eyepiece of a 
telescope.  The heat generated can cause them to melt and collapse suddenly, 
resulting in permanent eye damage or loss.  I made a filter that slips over the 
bezel of my solar observing 60mm refractor.

>
>As the Wicked Witch said, "I'm melting....."   :-)
><https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/09/rental-camera-gear-destroyed-by-the-solar-eclipse-of-2017/>
>
>Enjoy????????
>

Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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