Ive got the 60mm version of this guide scope on my mak. Do you think that one screw is enough to hold it on the finder shoe? Doesnt look very safe to me...
Koeber123 The guidescope and camera are light so the single screw does the job as long as you tighten it well, but I agree that a shoe with two screws would be better. You can buy these as replacements.
Hola, sería necesario añadir un extensor para lograr foco con un ocular plossl de 32 , 25 o 20 mm ? (No importa que no haga foco con diagonal de 90). Me gustaría saber si podría usarlo para visual y ver campos estelares. ¿Qué opina sobre la calidad de imagen? Muchas gracias
I think you’ve done well at 300mm! 400 seems like a stretch, but if you’ve got the lens, try it! You’ll probably throw more frames away, but you might have enough useable subs.
Are you planning to use the Maksutov for galaxies? I hope so. I’m on the same project. I’d love to compare results and information. There’s not many folks doing it and I don’t know why. I love mine.
Garnett Leary Hi Garnett, that’s interesting to hear! I’d like to do more DSO work with the Maks yes, and galaxies make tempting targets don’t they! I hope it can extend my subframe time to get a better result. It’s another “outside my scope’s niche” ideas. Given the summer it will have to wait; I’ll look out for any results from you. Clear skies. Graham
Jenham's Astro I’m hoping I can. I just bought a Meade LX-85 with intentions of driving the compact mak. So far it’s not looking too good. Even with an excellent Sharpcap polar align I’m at an error of 1.2. Horrible and not very useful for 1550mm of focal length. I’m hoping I can iron those issues out, otherwise It’s going to just be a planetary mount. Off topic I just wanted to say I recommend your channel to my group. It’s really nice to see folks contributing to the community with honest and intelligent reviews. Keep it up. Clear skies friend.
I just received the Svbony version of this (exact same thing). Seemed well built and did a rough focus on some stars using an eyepiece and they seemed to come into focus. Did you have success using this to guide with? Thanks!
Que útiles son sus vídeos, me ayudaron a decidir compras. Este buscador serviría como telescopio portátil, de viaje en maleta de mano? Funcionará correctamente con un ocular con zoom?
Thanks. Most guidescopes including this one are designed to allow an image to focus on a camera sensor positioned at the back of the scope. The focuser has quite a small range of "in and out" adjustment, compared to the focuser on a refractor telescope. I've just put a diagonal and eyepiece into this unit and it would not reach a focus. So not all guidescopes can double up as small spotting scope, if you want to use them with a diagonal for comfort.
Hi dear jenham,hope you are fine, can i ask you,why my brand new 60mm guidscope shows everythings foggy? Do i have to add somethings on it to have a clear view?thanks
Pahlavi Pahlavi Hello, are you using a camera in the guidescope or an eyepiece? If I put an eyepiece in my guidescope it will not reach focus, but as a test if I hold the eyepiece a few millimetres out of the focuser tube it does focus. If this works then the scope is ok BUT it is set up to reach focus with the sensor of a guide camera. Have you tried it with a camera? Let me know, Graham
Pahlavi Pahlavi OK that makes sense as the barlow adds the extra light path. So to use just an eyepiece in the guidescope you would need a short extension tube. The GS is probably fine it’s just designed to focus the image onto a camera sensor that is positioned slightly in front to where the focus is if you just had an eyepiece.
@@JenhamsAstro thanks my friend,you are one in the million.just one more question, do celestron starsense help to do the polar alignment? because i am not good with pa and most of the time my tescope slew in wrong direction and i have been told if pa goes wrong every things on telescope goes wrong. thanks
Astro Shlibber Not really. The ones I’ve used work ok in that they allow you to reach focus, but the amount of vibration induced in using one compared to a standard rack and pinion or crayford is annoying. For a guidescope the focus is basically set and fixed for a given camera so it’s a good solution, but using one on a main scope is not ideal in my opinion.
