Focuser OpinionPosted By Ed York |
Steve,
I bought the CR2 direct from moonlite with a curved base adapter and a couple of varying thicknesses of spacers. It is a very nice focuser. The fine focus is great for high magnification. The lock screws are plastic to eliminate set screw marks. The 1-1.4 adapter sits down in the 2" tube with only about 1/8" additional height.
As you saw on the web site they have a number of options. About the only thing I think they overlooked is 2" filter threads in the bottom of the 1-1/4" adapter. That would have been a nice touch.
I have an 8" f5 Newt on an EQ. Primarily on DSO's but I wanted the fine focus for high magnification planetary/Lunar viewing - it really fits the bill for this.
Ed
I bought the CR2 direct from moonlite with a curved base adapter and a couple of varying thicknesses of spacers. It is a very nice focuser. The fine focus is great for high magnification. The lock screws are plastic to eliminate set screw marks. The 1-1.4 adapter sits down in the 2" tube with only about 1/8" additional height.
As you saw on the web site they have a number of options. About the only thing I think they overlooked is 2" filter threads in the bottom of the 1-1/4" adapter. That would have been a nice touch.
I have an 8" f5 Newt on an EQ. Primarily on DSO's but I wanted the fine focus for high magnification planetary/Lunar viewing - it really fits the bill for this.
Ed
