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tjswood
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/18/05
Posts: 1748
Loc: Tempe, AZ
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Re: WO new Alt-Az mount
12/31/05 10:21 PM
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Tom - the lack of encoders is just fine with me, I am looking for something that is purely manual, "push to"...
I have a GM8, getting a G11 and a Tak - the manual alt-az is for those grab and go times I want to bring something that does not require any power. (I know, a foreign principle today - I actually like having to *find* the target once in a while - gotta get some use out of those nice SA2000 star maps, Uranometria's, NSOGs, etc I spent all that money on!  ).
And something that doesn't - dare I say - dance and jiggle around when I touch the focuser like my gibraltar and telepod head. In other words, it has to be *better* than the gibraltar has been with the telepod head - which has been, well, frankly in one word - terrible for planetary viewing (OK for general lower power viewing though). The tripod is OK, but the head at high powers falls flat, just not stable enough... have not tried the Gibraltar 5 head though - however I am not keen to at this point cause I was told this one was the "right" one for my 101...
Tim
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