Re: [APML] need help getting round stars

["Richard Locke" <dtlocke@flex.net>]

If I do decide to upgrade my guide scope, what's a good solid one to get that will work out of the box?  I think AP has one, and that Orion is selling one as well.

-Dick

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>
Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
Date:  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:12:43 -0500

>Richard Locke wrote:
>>...
>> Anyone else successfully using the Losmandy side saddle plates to guide?
>
>Richard,
>
>Like Bobby, I prefer a top-mounted guide scope.  It is easier to balance
>and is lighter and more compact.
>
>I did use the Losmandy DSBS for about a year and it worked fine.  It is
>a very solid unit and has no flexure.  The problem is that it has more
>weight and more angular intertia (especially in DEC), and it is more
>work to balance.
>
>I do not believe that the DSBS is the source of flexure in your
>situation.  Also the Losmandy plates and rings have worked very well for
>me.  I have not seen any indications of flexure with them.
>
>Again, I think the problem is the ST80 focuser or clamshell/plate
>interface.
>
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