Feature(may vary by option.)
●400mm focal length. With bright, wide-field optics puts numerous potential guide stars in view so youll never have to search for one! Mini-guide tube to quickly find objects and guiding stars, designed both for visual, as well as for photographic use.
●Have a built-in worm-focuser with Brass Compression Ring and 2 thumbscrews,88mm focusing range (10mm focusing range with micro-focusing Helical focuser, the rest is by a fixable, scaled drawtube) is made possible by an extremely precise focus adjustment.
●Take any 1.25 inch eyepieces in your collection, worm-focuser: fast focusing. Prevents rotation of the camera and eyepiece. Or use it as a comfortable, large viewfinder to waste less time finding objects in visual observation. It comes with matching pipe clamps and a Synta-style mounting plate to make assembly and installation as easy as possible.
●The sturdy metal housing made of black anodized aluminum. Looking out not only solid, but is also very robust. A milled and knurled ring allows easy and precise fine focus adjustments. There is an extension tube locking thumbscrew to hold the extension tube in place, and the other two holes are equipped with built-in hexagonal screws, which you can also tighten the two hexagonal screws with an hex wrench to lock the extension tube if necessary.
●Adjustable-aim dovany weight to an astrophotography setup and can conveniently be stashed in an accessory case between uses. "Dovetail guide scope bracket installs on virtually any astrophotography telescope quickly and easily.
[60mm Compact Deluxe Finder & Guidescope Kit]
[70mm Compact Deluxe Finder & Guidescope Kit]
[50mm Compact Deluxe Finder & Guidescope Kit]
Description
This small Guidingscope handles all the tasks of a "classic" Leitfernrohrs - but it is lighter and much easier to use!
Previously, long and unwieldy guide scopes were used to locate a guide star. But this is no longer necessary! The sensitivity of modern astronomy cameras makes this possible. You simply attach the mini guide scope onto your telescope like a finder. Or you can use it as a convenient, large finder scope and spend less time locating objects when visually observing.
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The 70mm Multi-Use Guide Scope conveniently doubles as a 70mm finder scope with the addition of an optional 1.25"-barrel eyepiece inserted into the focuser collar. |
A guide camera can be coupled to the focuser either by inserting the cameras 1.25" nosepiece into the focuser collar and securing it with the two thumbscrews. |
If your camera is equipped with female T-threads, by threading the camera directly onto the male T-thread flange (M42x0.75) of the focuser. |
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Attaching the Guide Scope:The 70mm Multi-Use Guide Scope’s mounting bracket has a Vixenstyle dovetail bar that can be mounted to your telescope in different ways. First, it fits the standard dovetail finder scope base included on many telescopes. Simply slide it into the dovetail base, then tighten the thumbscrew on the base to secure the guide scope in place. The bracket’s dovetail bar has one ¼"-20 (center) for attachment to an optional universal dovetail plate. In the guidescope is mounted on a telescope. |
Another method of attachment:Another method of attachment is to bolt the guide scope bracket to an optional universal dovetail plate, which you mount on top of your telescope. The mounting bar has three threaded through-holes: the center hole has ¼"-20 threads. To attach the guide scope bracket to a universal dovetail plate, one way would be to insert a ¼"-20 socket head capscrew of proper length up through the dovetail plate and into the center hole of the bracket’s dovetail bar. Tighten the bolt firmly with an Allen wrench. Then install the universal plate onto your telescope’s tube rings or radius blocks. |
Aiming the 70mm Guide Scope:The 70mm Multi-Use Guide Scope is mounted in a dual-ring aluminum bracket that has six nylon-tipped thumbscrews to secure the guide scope in place. Although you may never need to do it in order to find a guide star, you can adjust the direction the guide scope is pointed within the bracket by alternately loosening and tightening the three thumbscrews on the front or back ring (usually you won’t need to make adjustments on both rings). Just make sure that all six thumbscrews are tightened before you begin guiding. Do not over-tighten them, however, or you could strip the screw threads! |
