SkyWatcher 250mm Newtonian Solar Filter

• Economical full aperture Baader solar film filter
• Observe the sun safely
• Placed over the front of your telescope
• Reduces the intensity of the Sun’s light significantly
• Reflects away harmful rays.
• View subtle faculae and sun spots or reflectors

The Skywatcher 250mm Solar Filter for Reflector Telescopes allows you to view the sun and solar phenomena safely It attaches to the front part of your Telescope tube securely and covers the tube opening completely. It’s designed to effectively reduce all harmful components of the sun’s rays. These solar filters allow you to see the details in sunspots, bright faculae near the limb and the mottled areas known as granules. The sun is one of the most interesting objects in the sky and its details can only unlocked when viewed safely through a solar film.

The Baader Astro Solar™ Safety Film used in these Skywatcher Solar Filters performs as well as high-quality plane-parallel glass filters. Metallic coatings are uniformly distributed along both sides of the film’s surface producing excellent color balance from edge to edge.

The film transmits 1/100,000 of visible light (.001%) while blocking out 99.999% of unwanted light. The film significantly decreases harmful ultraviolet rays and infrared light.