heq5 help needed

[ghengis]

Hi guys, I have at the moment a meade 5000 80mm refractor on a heq5

I want to mount it side by side configuration with a 70 or 80mm guide scope. What in your experience would be the best side by side set up. and con any one recomend a suitable guide scope.

thanks for looking.

[Ant]

Evening.

there are a few side by side set-ups out there...

My first one I made myself, which worked but did introduce some flexure. I used a Dovetail from an EQ3 (IIRC).

I've just bought an ADM side by side system... in a totally new league. But not cheap - but worth it!

A guide scope can be almost anything, I use an ED80, but an ST80 would be fine...

HTH

Ant

[alfi]

hi

i have this side-by-side mount Parallelmontage von zwei Optiken auf einer Montierung - Teleskop-Express: DER Astroshop + Fotografie + Naturbeobachtung

works like a charm.

alfi