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- First ReviewOctober 8, 2008
- Last ReviewApril 17, 2010
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Bob Y's Reviews
The Orion SkyView Pro Equatorial Telescope Mount is an affordable heavy duty mount that supports tubes up to 20lbs. With the dual slow-motion knobs you have fine manual control or add an optional clock drive or full Go-To kit for added functionality.
Rating
All most will need
PostedApril 17, 2010
I've got two SVP's plus a CG5. I prefer the SkyView Pros. They're a heavier, beefier mount than the CG5 and the mechanical setting circles are well done and quite useable on the SVP. In fact, one of my SVPs is uncanny at finding things using the circles. The CG5 does, however, have a heavier tripod than the SVP. The good thing, if you have both, is that you can swap them. You can make a heavy duty mount out of a SVP head and a CG5 tripod. Then you can make a light weight (almost) grab-n-go mount out of the CG5 head and the SVP tripod. No modifications are necessary as the head to tripod attachment fittings are identical. The SVP handles my 4" f8.6 refractor with ease and has no problem at all with an 8" SCT. The Vixen type dovetail mounting is very secure and versatile. The pier arrangement is quite useful when oberving at the zenith with a refractor. Might want to fill it with bags of sand or cat litter to cut down on vibration, however. The pier will work on either SVP or CG5. I bought axis drives for both SVP mounts. One is single axis while the other includes both Dec. and RA. Both are quite functional and do the job with no problem. They do, however, seem to go through D-cells rather quickly. The RA drive is very helpful when observing with the long f.l. SCT, and drive accuracy is more than adequate for visual observing . But, when using the refractors, I go for the no-wires/no- batteries simplicity of the manual slow- motion controls. I have several scopes, some of which are rarely used. However, one or the other of my SVPs get used on almost every outing.
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The Orion EZ Finder II Telescope Reflex Sight makes aiming your telescope easy. The red adjustable brightness LED dot shows you exactly where your telescope is pointed. Includes a bracket that fits the dovetail mounting base on many Orion telescopes.
Rating
very good - not perfect
PostedOctober 8, 2008
Reliable, light, easy to mount, easy to use, good looking, economical and reasonably well made...those are the good points. However, the dot is a bit large and you have to turn the adjustment screw many times to correct a small elevation error. Azimuth adjustment seems much quicker. The large, bright dot is easy to find and line up the eye with, but often overwhelms the target you're trying to aim at. The two mounting options provided are both useful. The low mount rail with sticky-back tape can go on anything while the high-mount stalk will require the correct Orion quick release base (for more $$) for your scope. The stalk works best on small refractors where the e.p. can often block the finder while the low-mount is perfect for SCTs. A good basic finder that gets the job done at minimum cost.
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