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Vixen Polar Illuminator on CG-5

Started by jjacobso, 05/05/2003 06:00PM
Posted 05/05/2003 06:00PM Opening Post
Does anyone know if this polar illuminator:

http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=&pid=4794&m=

will fit on the CG-5/EQ-4 mounts?

Thanks,

Jake
Posted 05/05/2003 10:39PM #1
I don't know, but personally I think the thing's a piece of junk--where the aluminum 'pen' screws into the plastic ring, the threads are really light and will eventually strip out. If you can find one of the internal illuminators from a gp-dx, now that thing is awesome. wouldn't look too pretty on a cg-5 though. I always used a small flashlight and it was a lot simpler than messing around trying to get that penlight illuminator to stay together.