The profile design of this tube, with two flat sides, was chosen
to allow dovetail plates to mount to these sections of the instrument
tube. This eliminates the need for large diameter, heavy mounting
rings. Mounting rings often allow flexure, which will decrease
a system's performance. |
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Because of the two flats sides of the tube, a dovetail plate
on both sides can be used to fit between the forks of a Fork
Equatorial or Fork Alt/Az mount. It also allows us to utilize
our Dream PDF focuser, which attaches with
a wide footprint (spreading out heavy imaging train loads) and
simultaneously offers push/pull collimation. It does this without
the need for adaptors below the focuser. |
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The telescope attaches to the mount using Dream's 20.0"
x 7.0" x 0.815" dovetail plate. |
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