alan potts Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Could use some help. There is a fabulous thread somewhere on site by a guy I think from Norway changing a focuser on a SW 190 Mac/Newt for a Moonlite, I have looked everywhere but where it is, can some one help.Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundaplanet Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Here you go Alan..http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/141012-skywatcher-190mn-fitting-of-a-moonlite-focuser/page__hl__%20mn%20%20focuser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan potts Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thank-you Foundaplanet,I wanted to read this to see if I can pluck up the bottle to do this. It is a bit OOT for me as I am not going to use this for any camera work. If I were to do that it would require another mount. I made the mistake of believeing a catalogue where it showed the scope on a HEQ 5 Pro. This was before I joined SGL and of course I was lead up the garden path, why do the likes of Sky-watcher do this? I was thinking of the cats-eye collimation system and while the scope was in bits it seemed silly not to change the focuser, which I hate, I seem to have a thing with focus systems the only one that was good from the start was on the APM 115mm but that cost rather alot of money.I got a Makustov 180 at the week-end and the visual back on that is awful. I want the adapter to change the to the SC system but I just don't get a reply from the company that makes them.Anyway thanks again,Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundaplanet Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 No probs, good luck I hope it goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfrej Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Just make some noise if you want further help with the 190MN... I've modded (and damaged) mine considerably - all for the better!As for AP, well, the 190MN with a decent CCD camera, filter wheel and properly mounted with dual Losmandy-plates will set you off at just under 20kg! That means even the NEQ6 is a bit too small. It is just not the weight, though; you also have to consider the fact that it is a tall baby and thus will intruduce lots more flex in your mount than a refractor or SCT will. My GM1000HPS handles it, but it is rated at around 25kg for AP. The GM2000HPS, needless to say, is an over-kill and thus very suitable.Point is, you CANNOT over-mount a scope, simple as that /per Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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