Counter weight Skywatcher ED72

[Simon Dunsmore]

Hi Folks, 

So my new sparkly Ed72 arrived today, unbolted the trusty 200pds from the eq5 "mount and attached the new toy, looks tiny! 

Can anyone advise on the correct counter weight for this scope. 

Thanks!!! 

Simon 

[knobby]

Any one that balances 🙂 but joking aside approx 2.5Kg should do. I struggle to get my 5Kg to balance mine as too close to mount.

[John]

Skywatcher do one that is 1.85kg. It's normally sold paired with a 3.4kg one for the EQ3-2 mount but it will fit on EQ5 and HEQ5 mount C/W bars.

Vixen do a 1kg weight for their AP, GP or SX mounts that I think will fit the 20mm EQ5 C/W bar.

 

[Simon Dunsmore]

Thanks folks. 

I actually solved the problem. 

I removed the white cone that covers the thread in the counterweight bar and slid the weight right to the top and that just about sorted it. 

Thanks again 

Simon