(Jon Isaacs) wrote in
:

I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have. The Orion
AZ-3 is way too much in the context. I am really looking for
something in the same range as a moderately priced photographic
tripod head.

3. The basic trick here is to use a three axis photographic head
and flip the top axis 90 degrees so the scope is along side the
mount rather than on top of it.

Here is a link to a photo of my ST-80 clone mounted this way.

http://members.aol.com/jonisaacs/bik...s/poglidsk.jpg

That's an ingenious approach to the zenith problem. Thanks for the idea.
It seems like a very plausible way to handle a small scope. I'll try
that for a bit to see how the ST-80 handles.

- Shankar