Curious how these work especially at higher powers.
Any DiscMount Users Out there?
Started by jkurtz555, 04/28/2006 03:50PM
Posted 04/28/2006 03:50PM
Opening Post
Posted 05/02/2006 01:37AM
| Edited 05/02/2006 01:47AM
#1
Pretty good. Az movement is stiffer than most mounts and takes getting used to, but works great. I use my C9.25" and 5" refractor on a DM-6, and the mount is very stable- even more vibration resistant than my Takahashi EM-200! The great thing is that you can change heavy eyepieces like Radians without worrying about the OTA swinging. This is especially useful for planetary and double star work where you have to constantly shift powers.
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Ivan
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Ivan
Posted 05/03/2006 02:00AM
#2
I have my SV105 mounted on a DM-4 with Tom Peters' tripod and the Sky Commander DSC and it is extemely stable at high powers...damping time is about a second. I very seldom have the need/ opportunity to get above 300X but when I have, the mounts movements are so smooth and steady that it was no problem keeping the object in the FOV. Definitely check it out at NEAF. I think you'll be pretty impressed.
Tom
Tom
