CELESTRON C5 (SPOTTER) MODED WITH STARSENSE EXPLORER FOR USE ON AZ5.

[paulastro]

 Previously I have tried  Starsense with the C5 on my AZ4 and a Scoptech Mount Zero.  Both these worked,  but neither was the most user friendly setup.

I've now managed to set it up on the AZ5 and this is much better, to the degree it's going away with me to a visit to a an astonomer friend of mine in the Midlands shortly.

Previous difficulties were to do mainly with the designe of the other mounts and the fact that the finder foot on the C5 is not convenient for fitting to single forks which need the scope  to be attached to the right of the fork, as seen from behind.

The photos are hopefully self explanatory.  The first pic is of my spare phone holder with an orange 3D printed adapter to fit its base to a Vixen finder foot, two different designs of multi-finder holders I used and the Celestron 30mm finder.  The other pics are from different angles to show how it is all fitted together.  The tripod is an Artcise AS88C CF tripod.

The rig is very secure, no skakes or rattles and it's easy to use and smooth in use.

 

 

 

[Knighty2112]

Looks good. Wish I had a 3D printer to print off an orange adapter like that for my Starsense module. 😉

[Knighty2112]

Well blow me down! Just found one on sale on fleebay! 👍🏻

[RobertI]

33 minutes ago, Knighty2112 said:

Well blow me down! Just found one on sale on fleebay! 👍🏻

Is the eBay supplier making them to order or is it a one off? If the former, can you post a link? Thanks. (Sorry OP for diverting thread 🙏)

[RobertI]

2 hours ago, paulastro said:

 Previously I have tried  Starsense with the C5 on my AZ4 and a Scoptech Mount Zero.  Both these worked,  but neither was the most user friendly setup.

I've now managed to set it up on the AZ5 and this is much better, to the degree it's going away with me to a visit to a an astonomer friend of mine in the Midlands shortly.

Previous difficulties were to do mainly with the designe of the other mounts and the fact that the finder foot on the C5 is not convenient for fitting to single forks which need the scope  to be attached to the right of the fork, as seen from behind.

The photos are hopefully self explanatory.  The first pic is of my spare phone holder with an orange 3D printed adapter to fit its base to a Vixen finder foot, two different designs of multi-finder holders I used and the Celestron 30mm finder.  The other pics are from different angles to show how it is all fitted together.  The tripod is an Artcise AS88C CF tripod.

The rig is very secure, no skakes or rattles and it's easy to use and smooth in use.

 

 

 

That’s a neat looking solution. A fortunate coincidence that the angle of the finder shoe on the OTA and the angle of the multi-finder shoe produce a horizontal result??

Edited September 11, 2023 by RobertI

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, RobertI said:

That’s a neat looking solution. A fortunate coincidence that the angle of the finder shoe on the OTA and the angle of the multi-finder shoe produce a horizontal result??

Robert.  It's not a coincidence.  If you look carefully you'll see that it's the two multifinder shoes (in the first pic) joined together that makes the angle come out as I needed it to be.  I just fiddled about with them until I arrived at the angle I wanted. There were several possibilities.  A bit like doing a puzzle 🙂.

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, RobertI said:

Is the eBay supplier making them to order or is it a one off? If the former, can you post a link? Thanks. (Sorry OP for diverting thread 🙏)

Im not surprised if someone is making them. A kind SGL member kindly supplied me with mine.  I wouldn't say who it was as I don't have his permission, but he's not making them to order anyway as far as I'm aware.

[Knighty2112]

2 hours ago, RobertI said:

Is the eBay supplier making them to order or is it a one off? If the former, can you post a link? Thanks. (Sorry OP for diverting thread 🙏)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334896241667?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20221115143056%26meid%3Df166a9d0e39b474580f3e8f9616818e6%26pid%3D101612%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D334896241667%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DSky-Watcher&_trksid=p4375194.c101612.m4236&_trkparms=parentrq%3A8624e89818a0a8cc93dedbe1fffff68c|pageci%3A1553163b-50ea-11ee-bc18-668ffb26f9c9|iid%3A1|vlpname%3Avlp_homepage