Popular Post philjay Posted November 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2020 Just got a Vixen (for Celestron) GP mount, with polar scope and enhanced SW Drives for the Towa to make it a grab and go (ish) mount for dashing out between clouds. Doesn't require goto set up and all that palavah, just point it at Polaris, switch on the drives and go. Had to do a little jiggery pokery on the Berleback to make it fit (nothing drastic just swap the polar pin, the Berlebacks is larger for the HEQ5. The mount suffered slightly from typical Hermes handling, the RA worm got bent slightly but that was sorted by swapping the worm around, luckily Vixen made them symetrical. And jobs a good un. All I need is some clear skies and some double stars 😀 +seven_legs, Doc, +RonC and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Looks wonderful Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Very tidy Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 That's not going to fit through the door 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Looking good Phil 😀👍🏼🔭 Careful of those Berlebach floor spikes....you'll have 3 holes in your carpet 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 That looks a beauty Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Thanks guys. I will be making a tripod for this set up eventually but for the mo its fine on the Berlebach. I,m pleased to have got the GP, the scope is supported really well. These scopes came with eq2 equivalent in their day and an elegant tripod but they were painfully undermounted and wobbly. The gp is solid but lightweight, I,v seen a 5" f15 mounted on these so a piddly 80mm f15 is a breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+seven_legs Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Looking good there Phil. Pleased you got it sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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