Re: Mounting a Guide Scope to a G11 Mount
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Putting the guide scope side-by-side with a fairly short focal length imaging scope is fine, but if you¡¯re going to use the C9.25 for imaging it¡¯s best to piggyback the guide scope. ?Guide scopes can be surprisingly small, so a good solution would be to piggyback the guider on the C9.25. ?Unless you¡¯re pushing to the total weight limit, that should work pretty well.
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On Dec 14, 2020, at 9:56 AM, Terry Pullen via <tpullen152@...> wrote:
?Hello Group
Having just refined and improved my Polar Alignment, of my permanent pier mount G11 using Sharp Cap, I am now keen to get into guided imaging.
I did the PA adjustment using my DSLR camera connected to one of my side-by-side main scopes, a Sky 90. The other scope on the mount saddle is a C 9.25.
My thinking is to remove the C9.25 from the saddle then add a new guide scope [make/size/FL yet to be selected] to replace the C9.25 and then reposition and rebalance this new Sky90/Guide Scope combo.
My question concerns the Guide Scope - is mounting the GS onto the side by side saddle, rather than on top of the Sky90, an acceptable arrangement?
I anticipate the distance between the centre axis of the imaging and guiding scopes to be around 7". I presume I would need to aim the Guide Camera to match the Sky90's target/FOV.
If anyone would like to also recommend a Guide Scope for use with a ZWO ASI120MM MINI Guide Camera then I shall be very pleased to see these. ??
Many Thanks
Terry [uk] ????
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