Dew Shield for Nexstar 5

[John]

Hi,

I need a dew shield for my Nexstar 5 but I don't fancy forking out £30 for the official Celestron version (it looks like it's just foam and velcro !). Does anybody have a suggestion about a DIY alternative and what to make it out of ?.

Links to WWW sites showing how to do this would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

John,

North Somerset.

[russ]

Hi John,

For my Meade a few years ago i used a very thin camp bed roll from a local camp shop, Cost £3. Cut it to size and bought a strip of Velcro from B&Q to hold it together. It worked as well those floppy dew shields can do.

Certainly worked better than the official BC&F job i bought this year for the Celestron C8. Bleddy thing wouldn't stay together. In the end I decided to buy the official Celestron rigid dew shield from David Hinds. Same price as the floppy job but much much better. Clips nicely in place. I would have thought the Rigid Nexstar 5 dew shield would be around £25. David Hinds do not advertise it on their website, you need to give them a call. It's worth the money.

Russ

[John]

Thanks Russ - I'll give them a ring.

John,

North Somerset

[GazOC]

If you don't mind not being able to lay it flat when it's not in use you can get a roll of 'gaffer tape' and cover the shield wiith that, it adds a lot of rigidity.