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Originally Posted by TidaLpHasE
My question is, would i be able to mount a green lazer pointer inside the tube in place of the polar scope?
With a bit of experimenting with plastic tubes etc, i think i might just be able to do it.
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I think your logic is sound. Providing the laser is correctly in alignment with the tube that would have held the polar scope, you should be right. I've often thought of doing exactly what you're suggesting but haven't because the on/off switch for my laser is near it's front, but I need to mount the front inside the tube - so sort of doesn't work. I instead hold the laser against a flat part of my mount that is also in alignment with the polar axis.
If you had a scope on the mount you could then use it with a medium power eyepiece to get the green laser dead smack bang on the SCP, just off to the side of Sigma Oct. This is what I do. Note that the laser would still be aligned to the mount not the scope but you use the scope to view the stars & laser at high power enabling greater accuracy.
Roger.