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Old 31-05-2009, 08:31 PM
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Mount and plate question?

Forgive me for not getting the Losmandy and vixen dovetail thing because it has lost me. I have a Vixen sp picture attached and I want to be able to eventually mount two scopes side by side on it. I need the versatality to have two refractors or one of each refractor and 4.5" reflector. The refractor has a foot on it 2" wide at bottom and 1 3/4" at top of foot. What plates and bars will I need.

http://www.astro-physics.biz/index.h...ounting_plates

Has a 8" Dovetail Plate for Super Polaris Mount (DOVESP) and a 10" Sliding Bar (SB1000) is this what I am looking for? Any help or links to some good gear would be appreciated from this newbie.

Thanks for the links Peter. The SP is not like a Great polaris as it has the mount head setup like in snapshot 42.gif the holes are 6.5 inches apart, I am after something like the adapter plate in snapshot 41.gif.
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