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Dream
Astrograph - 16" |
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Closer view of the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph
focuser with 3" Wynne coma corrector installed. |
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The stainless steel spider
vanes will be painted flat black. |
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Focuser, camera (and filter wheel) power and/or data
lines can be run down one of the side truss arms to the Paramount
ME's electronics connection end of the dec plate. No dangling
cables to get damaged. This also helps make pointing and tracking
more accurate. |
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Note the wide connection points from the black Paramount ME mounting plate
to the carbon fiber OTA. |
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There is no adaptor or dovetail plate on this system.
This produces less chance for flexure, a lower profile and it
reduces the weight the mount has to carry. |
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The OTA has two mounting positions based on center
of gravity for different CCD cameras. One for the STL-11000 (4.0
lbs) CCD camera use. A second allows for a 2.5 lb camera. Both
the top and the bottom of the OTA structure have bolt through
locations for small counterweights that allow fine tuning of
the balancing. |
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