I bought a 114 mm go to reflector and would like to "retrofit" a manually operated mount, either eq or alt-az. Any suggestions on what mount to use.
Changing Mount on 114 mm Reflector
Started by bgrif, 12/21/2006 05:58PM
Posted 12/21/2006 05:58PM
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Posted 12/21/2006 06:19PM
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>>I bought a 114 mm go to reflector and would like to "retrofit" a manually operated mount, either eq or alt-az. Any suggestions on what mount to use.
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It really depends length of the OTA. If the OTA is a standard 4.5 inch F/8, then it will be about 3 feet long and you could build a small DOB mount for it and end up with something similar to the XT-4.5.
Otherwise, an EQ-2 mount would be sufficient, an EQ-3 ideal. These are both available here on AM, the EQ-2 are normally under $100.
jon
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It really depends length of the OTA. If the OTA is a standard 4.5 inch F/8, then it will be about 3 feet long and you could build a small DOB mount for it and end up with something similar to the XT-4.5.
Otherwise, an EQ-2 mount would be sufficient, an EQ-3 ideal. These are both available here on AM, the EQ-2 are normally under $100.
jon
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