mick1974 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Is it possible to swap mounts on a scope? i.e from equatorial to alt-azimuth. i am new to this but the equatorial system seem very complicated, whereas the alt-azimuth system seems well suited to a "point and shoot" style of astronomy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker1947 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Do you have the details, scope ect.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick1974 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 its a skywatcher explorer 130p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisThePuma Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 ive seen pictures of a SW150pl in an alt-az (home made) mount so i guess so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisThePuma Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 here: Stargazers: Alphathis scope is just the next one up so yours should be do-able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I've used a Skywatcher 150P on an alt-azimuth mount (a Skywatcher Skytee 1) and it worked well. I use my 10" F/4.8 newtonian on an Giro-type alt-az mount and it's a dead simple, portable combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Alt Az is nice for visual and can be good for planetary, lunar and solar imaging but it has no future in deep sky astrophotography. Don't get involved in wedges.Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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