mental4astro
20-02-2015, 08:31 AM
Hi all,
I have an orange tube C8 on its original fork mount. Should the worst happen and the OTA is damaged, would it be worth the exercise to put a newer OTA onto this fork mount? The mount, while not a spring chicken, it has been very well looked after and a workhorse. It is a simple syncronos RA motor that just works. No fancy electronics to fail.
As I don't do photo, accuracy of the drive isn't a major consideration.
But this wedge mounted scope does get the shakes easily. I've managed to get this much more under control, though this is a time consuming task while setting up.
I do have a german eq mount that can take a C8, but I find the fork mount very easy and convenient to use with my sketching. I use my C8 principally for the Moon and planets, but occasionally for outreach nights.
Another question is, how do contemporary forks' stack up vibration wise? I realise that much of the root problem for the vibration I experience is the wedge itself.
:shrug:
Cheers,
Mental.
I have an orange tube C8 on its original fork mount. Should the worst happen and the OTA is damaged, would it be worth the exercise to put a newer OTA onto this fork mount? The mount, while not a spring chicken, it has been very well looked after and a workhorse. It is a simple syncronos RA motor that just works. No fancy electronics to fail.
As I don't do photo, accuracy of the drive isn't a major consideration.
But this wedge mounted scope does get the shakes easily. I've managed to get this much more under control, though this is a time consuming task while setting up.
I do have a german eq mount that can take a C8, but I find the fork mount very easy and convenient to use with my sketching. I use my C8 principally for the Moon and planets, but occasionally for outreach nights.
Another question is, how do contemporary forks' stack up vibration wise? I realise that much of the root problem for the vibration I experience is the wedge itself.
:shrug:
Cheers,
Mental.