Ha lamp => diffuser => etalon => Nikon Z7II with 85 mmS f/1.8 lens
- The interference patern is quite uniform with fringes having textbook Lorentzian profile.
- The mesurements from the different rings are very consistent.
- Results from 38 mm to 21 mm aperture are quite similar.
Peak transmission
Optical setup:
Sun
=> C8 EdgeHD => f/35 telecentric => etalon => Solex
with 7 microns x 6 mm slit, fc = f i =200 mm, 2400 l/mm grating, IMX585, 0.0471 A/pixel dispersion
10 May 2025 - Sun elevation = 41°
Comparison
of the intensity of the lines of the solar spectrum with / without
etalon allows to estimate the peak transmissionn to about 68% at f/35
(without the ERF).
It is difficult to estimate the uncertainty of
the measurement.The spectra without/with the etalon were taken at 20 min
interval. Sky transparency might have changed in between.
By
comparison, a second etalon without ERF was measured 15 min before at
59% without the ERF. This is consistent with the 10% absorption of the
RG630 with 3 mm thickness.