I've heard of people putting a laser-pointer on a Go-To mounted scope, and then pointing a nearby scope to the same point in the sky using a Telrad. This got me thinking that I could put my Ranger on say a CG5-GT with a laser pointer, and use that for wide-field views of an object and also to help me point my 12.5" dob when I get it finished. Does anybody else out there view with this sort of setup? Does it work well?
Laser-Pointer Go-To
Started by stuper1, 04/13/2005 10:29PM
Posted 04/13/2005 10:29PM
Opening Post
Posted 04/14/2005 04:10AM
#1
Yes this comes up every few months it seems. (You can search "follow the little goto".)
Ideally the goto scope should be really tiny, at most a NexStar GT. Maybe someone will one day make a miniature scope whose "OTA" is the laser.
One thing to watch out for: a slewing laser can be dangerous if left on. A remote-controlled switch would be handy.
-- William
Ideally the goto scope should be really tiny, at most a NexStar GT. Maybe someone will one day make a miniature scope whose "OTA" is the laser.
One thing to watch out for: a slewing laser can be dangerous if left on. A remote-controlled switch would be handy.
-- William
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