Instruction Manual
Baader CCS Herschel-Prism
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To connect the Mark V binoviewer directly at the herschel prism, you need the adapter #1508053 (item #27 in the
Astro-T2-system) to convert the 2" female thread of the prism housing into a male T2-thread.This 2" male thread is
hidden below the 2" Clicklock. You can unscrew it as shown in image 1 on page 13.
Once the 2" Clicklock is removed, you
’
ll see a 2
" threaded ring (2" conversion ring, image 2) which also holds the
2" ND 3.0 filter and the 2" Solar continuum filter. Unscrew these filters from the threaded rind and mount them in
the 2"/T2-adapter #27. Now screw this adapter with the filters into the housing of the Herschel prism (cf. images 5-7
and 12). Finally, screw the T2 quickchanger (Zeiss-bayonet, #6) onto the T2-thread of the adapter #27
–
as shown
in image 13.
The glasspath correctors 1.25 and 1.7 are screwed without the black spacer ring directly into the quickchanger of
the binoviewer. The 2.6 glasspath corrector is placed together with the black spacer ring inside of the T2
quickchanger which is attached to the prism, similar to image 15 (showing the Maxbright binoviewer). It is then hold
in place by the binoviewer, once it is attached (image 14).
Attaching the MaxBright binocular viewer
The MaxBright binoviewer has almost the same optical path as the Mark V. So you
handle it almost in the same way as the Mark V above. The only difference is that you
do not need the bayonet quickchanger #6. The MaxBright does not have a Zeiss Bay-
onet, but is already equipped with a rotatable T2-thread.
Image 15 shows how the T2-thread is connected to the T2-thread of the adapter #27.
All Baader glasspath correctors are placed in between prism and binoviewer. They
are hold in place once the binoviewer is attached to the prism.
Attaching an 1¼" Adapter
With the help of the 2"/T2-adapter #27 described above, you can also attach an 1
¼
"-eyepieceholder at the Her-
schel prism. The 1
¼
" Clicklock #245 8100 (part #8 of the Astro-T2-system) and the focussing eyepiece-holder
#245 8125 (part #8A of the Astro-T2-system) both match the T2-thread.
#2458100 has a height of 32-38mm and #2458125 a height of 29-34mm. The original 2"-Clicklock has a height of
47mm, so you can save more than a centimeter, if you don
’
t need 2
”
-accessories. At the same time you do not
have the disadvantages of a smaller 1
¼
"-prism which can
’
t be
used with telescopes with long focal lengths or are
more dangerous if the tracking of the mount doesn
’
t match the motion of the sun, so that the light may damage the
inside of the focusser.
Image 12
Image 13
Image 14
Image 15
