Tube rings and Dovetail for 200P

[Fordos Moon]

Can anyone point me to a reliable seller who has in stock tube rings and a long enough dovetail to mount my 200P on to my HEQ5?

FLO are long awaiting stock unfortunately.

[Oily]

I got mine from 365Astronomy ,they have some in but their stock is low

[Fordos Moon]

Thanks Oily will get on to them!

[robstonham]

Excuse for thread hi-jacking, just a quick related question.

How do you work out what length dovetail bar you need? Is it just a certain percentage of the length of the scope?

Rob

[Fordos Moon]

Parts ordered! I just asked the guys what I needed to mount my scope on my other mount?

[Oily]

Excuse for thread hi-jacking, just a quick related question.

How do you work out what length dovetail bar you need? Is it just a certain percentage of the length of the scope?

Rob

Not sure if there's an equation to work it out Rob but you'd want to be able to spread the load over a certain distance on the OTA otherwise it may not support it properly or it could 'twist' if a small dovetail where to be used.Also I would imagine balancing the scope would prove a tad harder too.I'm just guessing here so someone with more 'knowledge' than me may have the answer!