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stevecoe
Reged: 04/24/04
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Loc: Arizona, USA
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Re: Orion Sirius EQ-G (Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Syntrek)
07/20/08 05:20 PM Attachment (15 downloads)
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I am very happy with my Sirius mount, it supports the 6" f/8 refractor quite well, for visual only. When I want to take images, I put on the ED80 that I bought it with. It traks very well indeed. I have taken several 135mm shots with no guiding at all. I walked over and looked through a friend's scope while it was tracking. Then back over to my scope and the guide star was at the edge of the box in the 12mm guiding eyepiece. Great stuff.
One difference between mine and a "stock" setup. I had a Meade Field Tripod that had a machinest friend make an adaptor plate so the head fits that tripod. I am happy with the set up. Yes, it twangs a little when you touch it to focus with a 6mm eyepiece, but it calms down in 5-8 seconds. I can live with that.
Clear skies to us all;
Steve Coe
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150mm 6" f/8 Celestron Refractor on Sirius Mount
80mmED 3" f/7.5 Orion Refractor
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
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Edited by stevecoe (07/20/08 05:21 PM)
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