Riser needed for HEQ5-Pro and a WO Zenithstar 73 II?

[_Belial]

Good morning stargazers,

I have a small issue which I'm hoping someone can suggest a solution for with my setup.

I have a HEQ5-Pro and a William Optics Zenithstar 73 II, all good, working fine and finally managed to get some of my first pictures last week and was very please, yey!! However the problem is I cannot get my scope balanced properly on the DEC because I cannot move the telescope far enough forward because the focus rings on the scope hit the body of the HEQ5

Does anyone know of any risers or something that which I can order to lift the scope up and so be able to move it further forward so I can balance it properly at all please?

Thanks in advance

[_Belial]

Ah never mind

The good folk at FLO recommended some risers I could use (a common issue with the zenithstar it seems) so I ordered a set of these which they said should work just fine

 

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/dovetails-saddles-clamps/primaluce-lab-30mm-plus-spacer.html

[Crackabarrel]

FLO have 10/20/30mm spacers you could mount between the rings and dovetail.

Alternatively you can rotate the scope 180deg so the focuser is on top, i do this with my own ZS73 and it seems to work fine.

 

EDIT: Beat me to it, enjoy the ZS73

Edited September 25, 2020 by Crackabarrel

[fwm891]

+1 for tube rotation I rotate 90° with my 73

[Lee_P]

On 25/09/2020 at 11:07, _Belial said:

Good morning stargazers,

I have a small issue which I'm hoping someone can suggest a solution for with my setup.

I have a HEQ5-Pro and a William Optics Zenithstar 73 II, all good, working fine and finally managed to get some of my first pictures last week and was very please, yey!! However the problem is I cannot get my scope balanced properly on the DEC because I cannot move the telescope far enough forward because the focus rings on the scope hit the body of the HEQ5

Does anyone know of any risers or something that which I can order to lift the scope up and so be able to move it further forward so I can balance it properly at all please?

Thanks in advance

I'm in a similar situation, not being able to balance the ZS73 with a camera attached. The spacers arrived yesterday, which helps with the issue of the focus screw getting in the way, but I'm finding that I still can't move the dovetail very far back because of where the space for the M6 bolts are. Am I missing something obvious..?