Skywatcher Evostar-80 ED Pro OTA ?

Anyone any comments on one of these as a guide scope for 8"/10" SCT ?

Thanks

"dylan" wrote in message
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Anyone any comments on one of these as a guide scope for 8"/10" SCT ?

Thanks



I don't see why not. I just bought a StartTravel 80 to use. About the only
difference that I could see was a longer focal length, but that's not a bad
thing. I've not had any good weather yet, so haven't been able to try out
the guide scope yet.

Regards

Colin Dawson
www.cjdawson.com

hi
I have mounted an Orion ED 80 to my 8 inch lx 90 for use as a guide scope,
it is a bit to heavy though the drive motors do not like it. however I have
not tried it with the BC & F balance weight kit, however this may place more
weight on the overloaded equatorial wedge.

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Wishing you clear dark skies
Jim Vincent.
www.jimsastro.com
Castle Point Astronomy Club www.cpac.org.uk


"dylan" wrote in message
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Anyone any comments on one of these as a guide scope for 8"/10" SCT ?

Thanks

Good point.

I did notice that my LX-90 was more wibbly wobbly yesterday, whilst
re-training it after an Autostar update. I don't think it's a major
problem as it does soon dampen out. You could always stiffen up the wedge
with wood - do a google search, I'm sure that you'll hit on some useful
information.

Regards

Colin Dawson
www.cjdawson.com

"James Vincent" wrote in message
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hi
I have mounted an Orion ED 80 to my 8 inch lx 90 for use as a guide scope,
it is a bit to heavy though the drive motors do not like it. however I
have
not tried it with the BC & F balance weight kit, however this may place
more
weight on the overloaded equatorial wedge.

--
Wishing you clear dark skies
Jim Vincent.
www.jimsastro.com
Castle Point Astronomy Club www.cpac.org.uk


"dylan" wrote in message
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Anyone any comments on one of these as a guide scope for 8"/10" SCT ?

Thanks

"Colin Dawson" wrote in message
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Good point.

I did notice that my LX-90 was more wibbly wobbly yesterday, whilst
re-training it after an Autostar update. I don't think it's a major
problem as it does soon dampen out. You could always stiffen up the
wedge with wood - do a google search, I'm sure that you'll hit on some
useful information.

Regards


Thanks guys for the advice. I'll go and practice my carpentry ;O)

I use an Orion 80ED on my 10" LX200 Classic. It's a bit of a heavy
beast, but with the fast slew speed turned down a bit (4 instead of 8)
there doesn't seem to be undue load on the motors and it works a charm
(needed about 6lb of counterweights)

It makes great imaging scope in it's own right too - especially for
wider field views that the SCT can't deliver.

I don't know, but I'd guess the mount and drive for an 8" SCT might
struggle to swing that much additional weight about.

Cheers
Beats

"justbeats" wrote in message
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I use an Orion 80ED on my 10" LX200 Classic. It's a bit of a heavy
beast, but with the fast slew speed turned down a bit (4 instead of 8)
there doesn't seem to be undue load on the motors and it works a charm
(needed about 6lb of counterweights)

It makes great imaging scope in it's own right too - especially for
wider field views that the SCT can't deliver.

I don't know, but I'd guess the mount and drive for an 8" SCT might
struggle to swing that much additional weight about.

Cheers
Beats


Thanks for the info. I've got a LX10 at present so it doesn't do a lot of
slewing. Hope to replace with a 10" or 11" so hopefully the weight will be
less of a problem to that.