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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:57 am
by VinSnr
wucheeyiun wrote:hi Vincent, point of interest, can the goto mount be able to mount another type of scope ie C8? i realised no counterweight though...
Yes...can be done, but you need to purchase a bracket called Ray's Bracket
http://www.buyastrostuff.com/store/index.htm
with this bracket, you can balance the C8. Or buy a separate adaptor to mount other kind of scopes using tube rings.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:24 am
by Tachyon
I have the Ray's bracket on my C8. It's good, but not great. For visual it's passable, but introduces too much free play for Astrophotography for my liking. If I had to do it again, I would choose a tube ring.
JM2C!
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:20 pm
by ariefm71
Tachyon, are you using the Nexstar 5 or Nexstar 8 fork mount together with the Ray's bracket for your C8? i believe they have different loading capacity :-)
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:16 pm
by VinSnr
Tachyon wrote:I have the Ray's bracket on my C8. It's good, but not great. For visual it's passable, but introduces too much free play for Astrophotography for my liking. If I had to do it again, I would choose a tube ring.
JM2C!
You are using your C8 with Ray's bracket on which mount? Free play should be an issue from the mount, not the bracket.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:34 pm
by Tachyon
I am using the Ray's bracket on a C8i. It is not a fork arm, just a mono-arm.
The free play comes from between the two screw knobs that tightens the scope to the mount. The free play is not in the RA or DEC axis, but rotational along the axis of the scope.
Cheers!
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:44 pm
by MooEy
eh, no takers? sold yet?
~MooEy~
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:39 am
by VinSnr
Still with me.....the French guy is just waiting for my paypal email. I was about to reply him and I saw this.
I got to reply him soon (before he gets fed-up with me) so if there is any takers, please be quick.....
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:46 am
by VinSnr
Sold....
N5i going to France.
what a pity.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:58 pm
by Airconvent
so sad...I can't understand what is happening here nowadays. previously, such a good deal would have attracted alot of interest...looks like everybody has either lost interest in the hobby or they are aiming much higher (like > 12.5 ")!
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:11 am
by jermng
Honestly I don't see the issue of scopes "going overseas" ... we're bringing in lots of good, better and great scopes from Overseas too right?
