If you already own a Fornax 10 Lightrack Mark II, an Astrotrac, a Vixen Polarie Star Tracker or a similar mobile tracking mount, this counterweight system would be a great addition to increase the payload of your mount,...
If you already own a Fornax 10 Lightrack Mark II, an Astrotrac, a Vixen Polarie Star Tracker or a similar mobile tracking mount, this counterweight system would be a great addition to increase the payload of your mount,...
79951 Porta II Altazimuth Mount Award winning quality altazimuth mount built for simplicity, versatility and reliability. The perfect “grab and go” mount. Designed to deliver quick and precise...
Vixen 25826 Supplementary Counterweight Bar for Vixen 35525 Dovetail Slide Bar (that is part of the Polarie Upgrade Kit)
This is an essential addition to the Vixen Polarie Upgrade Kit that makes it possible to add a...
This accessory for the Polarie Star tracker allows you to mount a Vixen dovetail bar to your Polarie for camera balancing purposes whilst you can still keep your polar scope mounted inside.
The Vixen #35525 Polarie Dovetail Slide Bar DD is designed to mount cameras through ball-head or similar solutions.
The new optional Quick Release Panorama Clamp (#35527) or commercially available camera mount (1/4 inch)...
The Vixen Sphinx Half Pillar adds a little over 8" of height to Vixen's Sphinx mount systems, increasing comfort for observing and allowing longer optical tubes to be used with these mounts. Weight: 1.8kg (3.9...
The Vixen Polarie is a specialist photographic accessory that allows you to take pin-sharp photos of stars and constellations. It is designed to follow the apparent motion of the stars caused by the earth’s rotation,...
For use with 72576 Accessory Plate to mount an additional and/or guide scope on one mount head.
Note: This part is supplied as standard with GP, GPD, SX and SXD2 mounts.
Allows for a precise polar alignment for long exposure astro photography.Image is for demonstration only. Vixen Polarie and tripod head are not included....
This accessory provides a compass with a bubble level and an altitude scale which can be used to help to locate Polaris. This can be beneficial for solar imaging or imaging at night when Polaris cannot be seen (for example...
The Vixen Polar Fine Adjustment unit (wedge) can be used for polar alignment of a Vixen Polarie. Provides fine adjustments to your Polarie's polar alignment for precise polar alignment.
It makes it possible to use a...
If you already own a Vixen Polarie Star Tracker, the upgrade kit is a great way to get more from your mount. The kit includes all components required to increase the maximum payload of the Polarie from 2kg to 6.5kg and to...
High performance, heavy duty, but still lightweight equatorial mount. Beautifully manufactured Japanese technology! Combining the best functions of the Sphinx series of mounts and of the latest Star Book GO-TO controller,...
This version comes with no tripod, no motor drive and without handset. The Advanced Polaris (abbreviated as AP) Mount is ideally suited to beginners who want to become familiar with equatorial mounts or experienced observers...
This version comes with a motor drive on the R.A. axis and with a Star Book One handset, but without tripod. The Advanced Polaris (abbreviated as AP) Mount is ideally suited to beginners who want to become familiar with...
High performance, heavy duty, but still lightweight equatorial mount. Beautifully manufactured Japanese technology! Combining the best functions of the Sphinx series of mounts and of the latest Star Book GO-TO controller,...
High performance observatory-class equatorial mount The Vixen AXD2 mount comes with Star Book Ten controller for manual or computer controlled observation or astrophotography. AVAILABLE AS A SPECIAL ORDER ITEM ONLY!
A quick message for those who might have thought to miss this promotion is that due to the fact that 1 Jan was a bank holiday followed by a weekend, we decided to end it on the morning on the first working day of the year: 9am on Monday, 4 January 2021.
So from now you will still have about 36-37 hours to make a decision... The following camera are in this promotion:
ASI071MC-PRO (APS-C sized),
ASI6200MC-PRO (full frame) ASI6200MM-PRO (full frame) and various bundles with this monochrome camera,
ASi2400MC-PRO (full frame, large pixels),
ASI1600GT (with built-in filter wheel),
ASI183GT (with built-in filter wheel),
ASI2600MC-PRO (APS-C sized) (one of the most popular cameras these days),
ASI533MC-PRO (smaller square filter, but extremely popular) ASI1600MMP-KIT3 (this is the only camera that will stay on promotion till stocks last),
ASI462MC-PRO (currently the best and most popular planetary camera due to its extreme sensitivity in near IR),
ASI120MC-S and ASI120MM-S (no introduction needed - our longest selling planetary imagers and guide cameras),
and finally but not lastly at all: ASIAIR PRO (and BUNDLES) - the must have all rounder astro photographer's brain and power center for your ZWO camera: for aligning, locating, guiding and imaging, etc. - all in one...
Hope you can find something on the above list that might be worth considering!
Fitting a 2-inch BDS-RT Baader Diamond Steeltrack Focuser to a Teleskop-Service GSO 8-inch Ritchey-Chretien
Background
The TS 8-inch RC has M90x1mm connections at the focuser end of the scope. My setup has a TS
50mm extension adapter with for 6- & 8-inch RC connected to the scope (TS part no: GSRCV50),
to accommodate the long back-focus.
Attached to this is a TS M90 tilting adapter flange (TS part no: GSRCJ90). This is an aid to
collimation and allows the long axis of the focuser to be aligned with the optical axis of the scope.
I then have a standard TS monorail focuser for the RC, again with an M90x1 connection.
Image 1 shows the 50mm extension and tilting flange, with the old focuser removed. Note the M90
male thread at the end of the flange, to which the focuser connects.
Fitting the Baader Diamond Steeltrack RT
It is assumed that the reader has access to the Steeltrack manual and has purchased the necessary
RT-Adapter M90x1 Diamond Steeltrack (Baader part nu...
PLEASE READ IT! IMPORTANT! COVID-19 and STOCK AVAILABITITY INFO:
Please note that currently we receive about 10 times more phone calls, 3-4 times as many emails, orders etc. whilst we work with reduced staff, so please be patient.
PRICE CHANGE!!! We've received new pricelists for BRESSER, EXPLORE SCIENTIFIC, LUNT and VIXEN products receintly. It will take several days to update the prices, so we cannot guarantee to acceptance of orders for these brands at the current prices. We would recommend to wait till Monday, 18 January to place any orders (or call us to confirm the price and availability before ordering).
PLEASE CONTACT US TO CHECK CURRENT AVAILABILITY BEFORE YOU ORDER ANY SKYWATCHER, CELESTRON, BAADER, BRESSER, LUNT, TS and ZWO PRODUCTS (and possibly some others as well), AS STOCK LEVELS FLUCTUATE AND WE JUST CANNOT UPDATE THE LEVELS IN REAL TIME...
If you have an urgent inquiry, please call Zoltan on his mobile during working hours (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Please send a text or WhatsApp message to Zoltan ONLY if you failed to call him or if it is extremely urgent. His mobile has been flooded with messages as well...
079 1278 4737 (international format: + 44 79 1278 4737)
Thanks for your patience!
Keep safe and healthy!
sidenote... TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS!
EU CUSTOMERS: We have temporarily disabled European destinations whilst we adjust our system to the new VAT rules. Hopefully we'll be able to resume shipments to EU countries soon.
USA CUSTOMERS: shipping to the USA is active again, but we request customers to confirm product availability before placing an order! If you are ordering an MGEN-3, no need to check stock, we've got plenty of those. Please note, we will try to avoid sending goods via a postal service due to the huge delays and as DHL Express is more expensive than our system would currently charge for, we might have to charge extra depending on the value and size of the ordered goods.
Please note, due to the increased number if issues with postal services to most directions (especially Australia, Canada etc), we will only ship to these countries on the base of special request and depending on the value and size of the products. This is a temporary measure and we hope to supply worldwide again as soon as the situation improves.
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