Starway Parallel mounting of 2 tubes - 3' and GP dovetail clamps

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-TS Optics Starway
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Starway 500mm dual mount - 2 optical tubes - 3" Lo. & GP Level

269,00 EUR
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Description

Starway dual mount for two telescopes on one mount - wide distance for big telescopes
... the both optical axes are 430mm fare away - very massive and wide for big telescopes
... Losmandy Level on one site and Vixen GP/EQ Level on the other site

Starway Dual Mount Losmandy and GP Level

Starway Dual Mount Losmandy and GP Level

The large 3" double clamp allows the parallel connection of two tubes on one mount. Especially for astrophotography this stable way of parallel mounting is very popular.

Advantages of this double mount:

The mount gets less stress due to the advantageous leverage. The overall rigidity increases, as the guide scope is much nearer to the centre of gravity of the mount in comparison to a piggyback installation on the main scope.

To lower the burden of the mount, the TS double mount as been designed to be very lightweight. Furthermore the mount is very flat, which improves the leverage situation.

Connection at the mount side:

On the mount side the TS double mount bears a solid aluminum dovetail bar which fits to all standard mounts on the market which bear a 3" connection. This bar is with 50 cm length quite long, hence you get also quite large tubes mounted in parallel together. The optical axes are 430mm fare away.

Compatible mounts include:

-- Losmandy GM 8, G 11 or Titan
-- Celestron CGE
-- Large 3" Baader dovetail prism clamp
-- Gemini ( with original quick release )

Connections at the telescope side:

At the telescope end the TS double mount bears one 3" dovetail clamps and one 2" GP clamp of TS Optics. Each clamp is compatible to all 3" dovetail bars or GP Level bars mentioned. You can connect your telescope at each of the dovetail clamps as you usually attach it to the mount directly. So you can install the heavy main instrument using the 3" dovetail while for the smaller guide scope the GP standard dovetail will to it's job.

You can connect your telescope at each of the dovetail clamps as you usually attach it to the mount directly.

How to balance the telescope:

In contrast to the usual piggyback guidescope mounting method you can bring the system into equilibrium easily when using the double mount.

1. Balance the telescopes by moving them back or forwards in their tube rings.
2. Balance the whole system by aligning the dovetail at the mount until there is no imbalance any more.
3. Finally align the imbalance by the counterweights.

.... and the astrophotography session can start !