Prior to today, I have always used front-mounted glass or film based white light solar filters on my scopes, and have a half-dozen of them around here for the various models they fit, each one having a slightly different level of quality insofar as the detail revealed in the eyepiece.
Late this afternoon my first Herschel wedge-type filter was delivered, and I was able to use it for a few minutes before the Sun dropped below my horizon.
The difference between the two types was like night-and-day; the wedge much sharper. Glad I finally got one of these.
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Sun-finder built in:
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