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Manual: MaxBright
®
II Binoviewer
Adapting the MaxBright
®
II to the Cool Ceramic Safety Herschel Wedge
We recommend to use the Zeiss microbayonet in combination with the optional TQC-
quickchanger
# 2456313A
instead of the T-2 counter nut, because you can then screw
the glasspath correctors 1,25x and 1,7x directly into the binoviewer. For the 2.6x GC,
please see the note at the end of this chapter.
You need the adapter
# 1508035
to connect the binoviewer to the Herschel Wedge.
The adapter changes the 2" female thread of the Herschel wedge into a male T-2-
thread. The 2" female thread is hidden under the 2" ClickLock
®
-clamp.
Once you have removed the 2" Clicklock
®
, you'll see a 2" inverter ring (2" male thread),
onto which the 2" filters OD 3.0 and Solar-Continuum are screwed. Remove the filters
from the inverter ring and attach them to the 2"/T-2 adapter #27. Then screw the adapter
with the filters into the housing of the Herschel Wedge. Now you can screw the TQC
QuickChanger
# 2456313A
onto the T-2 thread of the adapter #27. Finally, attach the
binoviewer to the TQC, as usual.
The glasspath correctors 1,25 and 1,7 are to be screwed
directly into the binoviewer, without the black plastic ring. The
2,6 glasspath corrector must be put into the SC/T-2-adapter
# 1508035
together with the black spacer ring. It is locked
in place by the quickchanger and the dovetail ring of the
binoviewer. You can find a detailed description in the manual
of the Herschel Wedge.
CAUTION:
If you mount a glasspath corrector inside the SC/T-2-adapter
# 1508035
,
it will hit the filter which is also screwed into the adapter. This is always the case with
the 2.6x GC, but also with the other GCs, if you do
not
use the Zeiss microbayonet. If
you use a GC in the SC/T-2-adapter, you must not screw the 2" filters completely into the
adapter.
Assembly with the Universal Alan Gee II
Telecompressor for Schmidt-Cassegrains
For Schmidt-Cassegrains, the Universal Alan Gee II (UAG II) Telecompressor
# 2454405
offers an interesting opportunity to almost double the field of view. It chang-
es the focal ratio of a typical Schmidt-Cassegrain from f/10 to f/5.9.
It can be attached directly onto the T-2-thread of the MB II (and MB I) binoviewer.
To attach the UAG II onto the star diagonal, the included 7.5mm T-2 extension ring
Herschel Wedge with TQC Quick-
Changer
Binoviewer and glasspath cor-
rector on the Herschel Wedge
Herschel Wedge without
Clicklock®, but with
T-2-adapter #1508035.
