I thought Id take the opportunity to show my rig pointing at the comet, showing how much offset from the Sun it is. Part of the primary has sunlight on it, but harmlessly reflected to the lower part of the tube. Note hankie stuffed in finder dew tube to stop crosshairs melting (I did that years ago on another scope when solar viewing)
The hardest part about viewing and imaging the comet in the daytime was the hot sun, was sweating away while looking and imaging, but I didnt care hehehe. It will be well over 30 degrees tomorrow but will still be at it
I also have both the (plastic) main drive and encoder gear wheels covered as they are susceptable to sun damage from UV light.
Scott