Re: Side by side saddle or piggy back scope alignment
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-----Original Message----- From: Les Niles <les@...> To: Losmandy_users < [email protected]> Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 09:47 PM Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Side by side saddle or piggy back scope alignment There¡¯s no need for them to be perfectly parallel. ?If it weren¡¯t for atmospheric refraction, flexure, and polar mis-alignment, you could simultaneously image two completely different parts of the sky. ?Given that those things do happen, you probably want the guide scope to be tightly coupled to the long-FL scope, and keep the short-FL scope pointed in roughly the same direction. ?Also, the go-to controller is only going to be aligned for one scope if they don¡¯t point in the same direction.?
This may not be the right place for this question but a recent post talked about side by side saddles and it raised a question. If you had a side by side or piggy back, say a c11 and 80 mm refractor, do you want them perfectly parallel or have the views more or less concentric? What are the pros and cons? If someone has a site I would appreciate more info.
Thanks
Chuck
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