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Originally Posted by netwolf
I tried using my friends polarscope on his G-11 once and found it a royal pain to do. But I must admit, that with some paitence i am sure it can be done. Hats of to you Mike and all those that use there polar scope, it would take a lot of paitence to do. Especially in surburban skies.
I saw that bracket on myastroshop and wondered if it would with the Qhy5 guide camera. The Qhy is quiet sensative and you could use PHDguider to do a few seconds exposure to see whats there. Just wonder if a Qhy5 will fit intot this bracket and weather it will work with a G-11.
BTW has anyone used any alternative Polar scope succesfully in a G-11? Is the Losmandy one the only option that will fit the G-11 or is there another option out there.
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Hi Fahim
That bracket could be made to fit most small CCD's with suitable lens and some attachments. but it would probably need some workshop facilities. I fitted the polar scope out of a eq3 mount to the G11. It went straight in. However it was an early version and did not have the southern hemisphere stars.
Whether the bracket will fit a G11 is something I can't check as Trevor has commandeered the G11.
The polar scope has about a 6 degree FOV so sigma octans should be located fairly easily with a bit of practice depending on the sensitivity of the CCD. However I doubt whether you could get closer than about 10 arcminutes with any consistancy and so final alignment would need a drift alignmnent.
Barry
