Total Solar Eclipse 2008 - Russia

Oh anthony i meant so long that it would be hard to bring with me! :lol: I know its a great little scope! I have one and the optics are so crisp!

Oh anthony i meant so long that it would be hard to bring with me! :lol: I know its a great little scope! I have one and the optics are so crisp!

How about a very well padded duffel bag?

I suppose! The mount retracts to quite a small size! Solar filter required!

How about a camping setup? Seriously.

We will get Seanie to keep an eye out for the Russian bears. In fact we can make a sacrifice .... Seanie!

....hmmm...the bears would not be a problem... for camping you would need to go out the city into the country... I would not sleep in a tent there unless I have an armed guard with me... this might sound dramatic, but is very much the truth...

but as somebody else said before in this post, try to contact the Novosibirsk State University, you might be able to arrange something with their physics/astronomy department.

www.nsu.ru/english/

by the way , they also make telescopes in Novosibirsk

www.telescopes.ru/

but as somebody else said before in this post, try to contact the Novosibirsk State University, you might be able to arrange something with their physics/astronomy department.

www.nsu.ru/english/

A local amateur did just that and found extremely attractive rates. I do not remember the actual figures.

by the way , they also make telescopes in Novosibirsk

www.telescopes.ru/

You can pick up a dirt-cheap high-quality 14" RC in Novosibirsk and it is something which crossed my mind as well.

Solar filter required!

This is the most trivial of your problems ... a sheet of Baader ND5.0 mylar filter.