portable mount enquire

[a10ken]

hi folks, I will be going on holiday soon and wish to take my OOUK omc140 with me, space in the car wont allow me my eq5 so can anyone recommend me a suitable travel mount (for visual only).

thanks

[Stu]

Hi,

Please keep this thread to recommendations only, and then place a wanted ad in the classifieds if you wish to buy anything.

Some options are an AZ4 or perhaps a mini giro on a good photo tripod. As you will know, the OMC is a pretty high mag scope with narrow fov so stability will be important if the mount is to be useful to you.

[brantuk]

I have one of these - you'll need to get a dovetail adaptor to mount the scope cos it's a photo tripod - but it's very stable and folds down smaller than an eq5:

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/tripods/fotomate-vt-680-222r-extra-heavy-duty-professional-2-way-tripod.html

I use mine for heavy large bins with 100mm objectives. Hth

[John]

I'm wondering if a Vixen Porta II mount would handle this scope ?. It's pretty light and portable and has slow motion controls on both axis.

 

[a10ken]

looks as though it will john, TS has the best price so far.

[Mark at Beaufort]

I bought this recently as a travel astro tripod and I am very pleased with its weight and stability. At the moment its just used for a PST but it did handle a 72mm ED frac very well. I am not sure of the weight of the Orion OMC140 but I could place my 4" Astro Tech APO to see if it handles that scope ok.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/celestron-mounts/astromaster-tripod.html

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I have the mini-giro and really like it. I use it most at low magnification, but it handles higher mag quite readily if the scope is well balanced (which should be fairly easy with the short OMC-140