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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
 Nice ,, counter weight  ,, is your Vixen Super Polaris mount you are using ok for AP ? I have one as well and wil be getting an Atik 14 CCD from Andrews soon and taking the plunge into AP soon. Thanks.
Brian. |
Yes I use it for both AP and visual this picture is made during an AP session. Then the counterweight is important to keep the camera + telescope well balanced. And the polar alignment should be performed accurately. This is rather easy in the north, but last Feb in Bali it was more difficult with a +5.6 star only 8 degrees above the horizon.
This is normally my travel setup (here used at home) in which I don't take the original counter weight with me so a bag with stones works fine.
The bar is bent which is useful when the SP is in 'tropics mode' (i.e. nearly horizontal polar axis) to prevent the bag with stones touches the legs.