I am putting together a project that would suffice for an astrophotography mount, hopefully in time for the leonides (spelling). My idea centers around the following. . .
I can get an old lx3 2080 fork with the ra built in. No ota, so i would make from wood a plate that would fit between the arms.
Mount that to a standard meade wedge suitable for the 8" scopes.
Place that on a meade standard field tripod that comes with the lx50/lx200.
Mount my camera system between the fork arms as mentioned above, and get full use of the mount to use the ra and dec of the mount to find stuff, while still being able to use lenses into the 300+ range with a good amount of accuracy for 30+ min shots.
Anyone have objections, or thoughts about ways to cut costs? or modify this setup that might be better?
Thanks,
-Steve
I can get an old lx3 2080 fork with the ra built in. No ota, so i would make from wood a plate that would fit between the arms.
Mount that to a standard meade wedge suitable for the 8" scopes.
Place that on a meade standard field tripod that comes with the lx50/lx200.
Mount my camera system between the fork arms as mentioned above, and get full use of the mount to use the ra and dec of the mount to find stuff, while still being able to use lenses into the 300+ range with a good amount of accuracy for 30+ min shots.
Anyone have objections, or thoughts about ways to cut costs? or modify this setup that might be better?
Thanks,
-Steve
