Skyscout mounted on Lightbridge

[jakob]

I finally found a sturdy method of mounting the Skyscout on my LB16.
I tried before but it was too close to the steel parts and showed interference with the sensors.

This methode now works fine but I had to drill holes in the struts which I wanted to avoid.

The first test shows that I can line-up object to about 3deg., good enough to bring it in the 6x30 finder.

With this arangement I can correct for magnetig deviation, I only use the Skyscout viewer to check the alignment Led's then I swtch to the Finderscope.

[gmbfilter (Geoff)]

Very clever look, forward to seeing in action at pony club.

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Looks a neat attachment; you don't find a need for a shroud obviously?

[Deeno]

What a great idea...

[Matty P (Matt)]

How cool!

A great addition to your Lightbridge.

[jakob]

Originally Posted by JethroB76

Looks a neat attachment; you don't find a need for a shroud obviously?

I will still use the shroud, just move the seam to the top.

[drmorbius (Randall)]

Cool Jakob, I'm keen to see that in action. You bringing it to Barambah with you?

[RB (Andrew)]

Saw it at the pony club last time.
Great little setup Jakob.

[jakob]

Originally Posted by drmorbius

Cool Jakob, I'm keen to see that in action. You bringing it to Barambah with you?

Yes, I'm just waiting to get a Pan/Tilt head from Bintel with fine adjustment.
This will make it easier to do the initial alignement.

Looking forward to Barambah!

[jakob]

Just an update, now having the Skyscout mounted with a slow motion head I was able to align it with the scope, no problems.

But moving through 360 deg. the Skyscout Az reading is not linear, I recorded deviations of +-6 deg.

This is too much to bring the object into the finder.
Repeatability is great, but unable to correct the non-linearity, I abandend the project.
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