Berlebach Spica

[Kobayashi Maru]

Hi all

 

Just wondering if anyone has experience with the Berlebach Spica? The mount head alone not the omega system.

I'm looking at one for a sw72ed. Seems like it may be a good match with options to expand later.

Thanks in advance

 

[AlcorAlly]

I’ve had this mount for a few months now. It's rock solid and very smooth with both my 3 inch refractor and 6 inch reflector.

I tried AZ5 before but was getting quite a bit of wobble with the reflector. With Spica on Innorel RT90C with a center column I'm getting no vibrations even at 150x powers. 

The motions are butter smooth when the mount is well balanced. 

[Kobayashi Maru]

9 hours ago, AlcorAlly said:

I’ve had this mount for a few months now. It's rock solid and very smooth with both my 3 inch refractor and 6 inch reflector.

I tried AZ5 before but was getting quite a bit of wobble with the reflector. With Spica on Innorel RT90C with a center column I'm getting no vibrations even at 150x powers. 

The motions are butter smooth when the mount is well balanced. 

Thanks. Nice to know. Do you use the counterweight with the refractor?

[AlcorAlly]

@Kobayashi Maru I use this small weight for the refractor

It works just fine without the weight, but with the weight the motion is just perfectly smooth.