Tag: Gm2000

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Mounting double scopes on the GM200HPS

The 120mm Esprit has been out of a job for too many months! It’s about time to mount the scope side-by-side with the C14 on the GM2000.

Combined weight of bth scopes & accessories would be around 40kg, which is still below the photographic load capacity of 50kg.

Using the trick with the table to de-mount the C14
Removed the Baader Losmandy 250mm dovetail clamp
Mounted the 10micron 4″ clamp the wrong way (should be 90° sideways for side-by-side mounting!
This is the correct way!
What it should become: side-by-side for the C14 (above, Baader 250mm Losmandy) and Esprit below

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Mounting the TS76EDPH parallel to the Maksutov

The designed setup if the observatory includes two mounts with double scopes. The GM1000 is positioned in such a way that shorter tubes are required – to stay clear from the walls. Today both the 180mm Mak and the 76mm APO were mounted together. The NUC serving both scopes was mounted on the dual saddle plate.

For the GM2000, which today only carries the C14, in a next phase also the Esprit 120 should be mounted.

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