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PLATFORM REVIEWS

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 Owners Speak Out

A Customer Review

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 Customer Comment of the Month
   Updated 08/02/11


IMAGING
 Astrophotography with a Platform
 MallinCam Imaging
 MallinCam at the 2010 OSP
 Image of the Month Updated 12/5/11


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 WHERE WE'LL BE IN 2011

Equatorial Platforms
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Visits Since March 1999

Equatorial Platforms
for great Dob tracking.

A well-made Dobsonian telescope is an excellent observing machine. It features unmatched stability and smoothness of motion. Plus, it is eminently compact and transportable. However, the Dobsonian has one major drawback - no motor drive. You have to push it around to follow what you're viewing. This can get to be a hassle.

Set a Dobsonian on an Equatorial Platform and experience instant motorized tracking! Wherever you point, you're tracking - smoothly, precisely - without losing stability, ease of operation or portability.

A Dobsonian mounted on an EQUATORIAL PLATFORM becomes the ultimate user-friendly telescope. Perfect for High-Power Drawing, Classes, Star-Parties, Group Viewing, Astrophotography and CCD Imaging.

Large Aperture
Aluminum Telescope System with SlipStream GoTo Drive

These new SpicaEyes Telescopes combine solid All-Aluminum construction with a new GoTo drive system that integrates a Slip Clutch on both axes for full-time manual and motorized slew control.

A 20" f4 SpicaEyes SlipStream Telescope with a Sidereal Technology slip clutch drive and an Argo Navis DSC for full go-to operation without a computer.
A 30" f3.3 SlipStream Telescope with Kennedy mirror and our new Gray Hammertone finish. Click here to see a PDF article about this amazing telescope in the Sept/Oct. 2010 issue of Astronomy Technology Today.

You can find objects fast by using the included Argo Navis computer. The telescope will automatically slew, or you can move it by hand. Once you find your target, the telescope will track it for you, keeping it centered in the field of view. The integrated SlipStream clutches allow you to move the scope at any time by hand or with the motorized slew control, with no levers to disengage.

These SpicaEyes Aluminum Telescopes are also available with Integrated Aluminum Platforms for superior imaging capability.

Customer Comment of the Month -


Don Morris with Chloe and the new Compact Platform for his 12" Meade Lightbridge.



"Hi Tom,

The platform arrived yesterday.


It looks great, setup was a snap, and the customizations for the Lightbridge are spot-on. Even better, the weather cooperated just enough to take it out for a trial run. I just pointed the platform roughly north, leveled it out, and set the telescope on it, turned it on and I was tracking.

Wow!

What a wonderful experience to center the Double-Double at 315X and have it just stand there in the field of view. Walk away from the scope for 15 minutes, come back, and the image is still perfectly centered. The platform is going to make a huge difference in the quality of my observing.

Thanks for a great product!"


"I've had a couple more nights out with the platform.

In particular, I got out the other evening to look for the supernova in M51. The platform allowed me to spend the time relaxing and viewing instead of chasing. As a result was able to see knotty detail in the galaxy I have not seen before as well as the supernova as it slipped in and out of view. An awe-inspiring scene.

It really is true that using the platform is like adding a couple inches of aperture."


Don Morris Olympia, WA