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Adding the ZWO CAA to an AT90CFT w/an OAG

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#1 Scullbone

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Posted 24 March 2025 - 04:30 PM

I have an AT90CFT as well as an EdgeHD 8.  My imaging train is OAG-L -> EFW->ASI2600MC.  

 

I’ll be adding the ZWO CAA to the mix.  I think I figured out how to add the CAA to the EdgeHD 8, but I can’t figure out how to add it to the AT90 without getting rid of the OAG-L.  I really don’t want to have to disassemble the image train every time I swap between my scopes.  

 

What I’m trying to do is swap the CAA for the manual rotator that came with the scope, which sits between the focuser and the flattener.  The problem is finding M63 adapters.  I found adapters that will allow me to connect the CAA to the scope.  However, I can’t find adapters that enable me to then connect the flattener and the rest of the image train to the CAA.  The flattener is M63 male so I need to end up with an M63 female.  I found an M54 female to M63 male, but I can’t find an M63 female to female adapter to join the two male ends I’m left with.  

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks!



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Posted 25 March 2025 - 11:41 AM

Never mind, I think I figured it out.  This part was the key:

 

https://williamoptic...-for-flat-6aiii

 

Without the push in nose piece, it converts the M63 male on the flattener to an M48 female which will accept the CAA.




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