This Guy Must Really Like His 6" F8 Scope To Shake

[Refractordude]

Please correct me if I am wrong. Right click the image.

[Thefatkitty]

Wow. That mount looks suspiciously like my old CG4, and the biggest thing I put on that is my 80mm f/15. Even that has a teeny bit of shake before it settles... That just pains me to look at!

[Lady Fraktor]

That was the original CG-5 on its flimsy aluminium tripod using the Vixen Skysensor goto system (first one commercially available)
No worries about shake as top speed would have the mount do a 180° slew in about 15 minutes
They were not fast.

[pakarinen]

Well, it's not collapsing in the pic, but I wonder what the load rating is on that tripod. Looks rather spindly to me. Almost looks like the counterweights alone would max it out. Meh, maybe I'm just a Nervous Nelly.

[Lady Fraktor]

It looks like the tripods is tightened up quite well. I imagine it would hum like a guitar string if tapped.
The mount was capable of 25lb but the tripod was barely adequate for that.
Celestron received a huge backlash about it and within a few months the now standard 2" stainless steel tripod was available.

[John Fitzgerald]

Back about 19 years ago or so, I bought a CR-150HD achromatic refractor on that same mount. The refractor was excellent for a 150mm f/8 achro. The mount was terribly shaky, but usable in calm conditions. I sold the mount and tripod on AM after less than two years, and bought an Atlas EQ from Orion. That Atlas mount was perfect for the scope. I kept it until early 2019, when I sold the scope, then the mount. Replaced with a ES 152 F/8 apo in CF tube on a Losmandy G11. Better all around.

[John Baars]

(...) the Vixen Skysensor goto system (first one commercially available)
No worries about shake as top speed would have the mount do a 180° slew in about 15 minutes
They were not fast.

I still have the Vixen Skysensor 2000 working on a GPDX mount, mounted on a pillar.
Almost antique by now. Like me. Still working. Had to change the internal battery two years ago.
It is not fast, but I am not in a hurry.
I have set the speed- rate at 0,5 of its capacity
No shaking, I am glad it is moving

[messier 111]

one thing is certain this rig is not on steroids.
but it's better than having nothing to look at the sky.

[Lady Fraktor]

I still have the Vixen Skysensor 2000 working on a GPDX mount, mounted on a pillar.
Almost antique by now. Like me. Still working. Had to change the internal battery two years ago.
It is not fast, but I am not in a hurry.
I have set the speed- rate at 0,5 of its capacity
No shaking, I am glad it is moving

Hook it up to your motocycle gearbox, that should speed it up!

[Lowjiber]

Please correct me if I am wrong. Right click the image.

I'll bet the combo of that spindly tripod and that focuser really make for an interesting session.

Left-click for better view...

[Lady Fraktor]

Most likely more stable than the strangely shaped factory adapter that is only held by one screw.

[Graeme1858]

I'll bet the combo of that spindly tripod and that focuser really make for an interesting session.

Is that a pipe clip holding it together???

[Lady Fraktor]

I'll bet the combo of that spindly tripod and that focuser really make for an interesting session.

Is that a pipe clip holding it together???

It does appear to be so
Astronomy multi-purpose

[Don Alvarez]

Is that a pipe clip holding it together???

Needs must when the devil drives!

[Lady Fraktor]

Looking at it again, it may be two electric conduit clips bolted together.
If it holds everything tightly I would say job done.