Martin Frey wrote:
Paul Lawler wrote:


... I was assuming that the fact that the sun
is difficult for non-observers to "position" in the eyepiece without it
blacking out was a result of the small aperture.


That's not really a "fact" - personally I find it quite easy to point
any telescope at the Sun. I just wish finding stuff in the night sky
was even 1/10th as easy!


I took Paul's comment to refer to the rapidity with which the Sun leaves
the effective FOV, not initial acquistition. I attribute this to the
small aperture of the blocking filter (5 mm?) in the EP mount.

Phil