Re: [APML] off-axis guiders

[Torsten Clay <tclay@theriver.com>]

>
> The two off-axis guiders I'm thinking of, are:
> 1.  Lumicon Newtonian Easy Guider
> 2. The TAURUS Tracker III
>

I've used the Lumicon with my scope (also 8" f/5) and it works well.

I've never seen a Taurus up close, but I was considering getting one. To
me it looks like it was designed around a SCT, and requires too much back
focus to work well with a newt.

You definitely need 2"

Torsten



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