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JeffandNancy
My 6-inch Celestron refractor, with piggybacked original Stellarvue AT1010 "NightHawk". This was at one of the 2001 season StarWalks at Copper Breaks State Parks. Photo by Fred Koch. That's my wife Nancy at right. Some of the 3RF equipment trailers are in the background and one of the 20" Obsessions is right behind my scope. Mount is a Celestron CI-700 (great mount!). The Nighthawk rides on Losmandy sliding dovetail adapters and second dovetail plate bolted to the photo mounts on the standard Celestron rings. This allows me to use the Nighthawk as a moving counterbalance. Note there is a third OTA ring just ahead of the focuser. By moving the upper dovetail to that ring, I can move the objective up about 14" higher and that allows easier observing at the zenith.
JeffandNancy
My 6-inch Celestron refractor, with piggybacked original Stellarvue AT1010 "NightHawk". This was at one of the 2001 season StarWalks at Copper Breaks State Parks. Photo by Fred Koch. That's my wife Nancy at right. Some of the 3RF equipment trailers are in the background and one of the 20" Obsessions is right behind my scope. Mount is a Celestron CI-700 (great mount!). The Nighthawk rides on Losmandy sliding dovetail adapters and second dovetail plate bolted to the photo mounts on the standard Celestron rings. This allows me to use the Nighthawk as a moving counterbalance. Note there is a third OTA ring just ahead of the focuser. By moving the upper dovetail to that ring, I can move the objective up about 14" higher and that allows easier observing at the zenith.