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After hours of waiting for the clouds to clear I captured some phone "snaps" of the sun. T-S binoviewer, 26mm Meade Plossl, GPC, Lunt 1.25" Solar Wedge, Bresser phone clamp. I was using slight digital zoom on the phone's camera to better fill the field of view of the screen.
It would have been better to have used a single eyepiece. The binoviewer has optical limitations and adds a lot of glass to the light path. Which must be addressed with a GPC. Glass Path Corrector.
However, the binoviewer adds a great deal of enjoyment to the visual view. It gives a real sense of floating above the solar surface. The detail seems to be greatly improved in comparison with a single eyepiece. In fact I struggled to see as much detail with only my dominant right eye. It seemed as if it was going repeatedly out of focus. Perhaps a symptom of my age. I struggled to see the numerous pores. Which were easily visible when using both eyes.
I have yet to enjoy binoviewing in H-alpha with the new telescope. This is a tricky subject and requires strict adherence. To the optical spacing of the elements involved. My choice of an f/7 refractor was deliberate. To match the original Lunt 60MT.
The problem is getting the Lunt etalon far enough inside focus. Which would require the complete removal of the focuser. Not easily achieved but not impossible. I shall have to resort to my vintage metal lathe. To make an aluminium adapter ring. The rest of the optical chain will be hanging from this ring. So it needs to be accurate.
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