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Glow in the dark knobs for EQ6
Because I do my imaging at rather short focal lengths (up to 330mm), I never bother going through the star alignment procedure with my EQ6 as my field of view is quite large and I have a 70mm finder/guider with a flip mirror that allows me to easily find my next target. But the problem is that I have to unlock the shafts when I need to reposition the scope and the damn knobs are hard to find in the dark, so I printed new ones from glow in the dark ABS plastic. I was so happy with the result that I replaced the tripod ones too, which are actually identical to the ones on the mount. Now my gear is starting to look like a Christmas tree but the green glow is too faint to cause problems with dark adaptation.
Anyway, if anyone is interested I can print these for $5 a piece.
Stefan
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