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 Customer Comment of the Month
   Updated 08/02/11


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 MallinCam at the 2010 OSP
 Image of the Month Updated 03/11/12


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Equatorial Platforms
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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 -
Klaus Notter in Germany recently took delivery of a Dual-axis Aluminum Platform for his home built 15" Dobsonian. Here are his comments:
"It took some time but last weekend I had the chance to finish the telescope and mount it on the platform. And unbelievably the weather was rather good at night. With the platform, Mars at high magnification: for me it is a new experience with the 15" tracking an object very well at 400x magnification! There were details visible that I had never seen before -- with the very same telescope...

I am sending this first picture of Mars from this evening. It is really not perfect for 15", as I did not have the right image scale, but I will improve I´m sure.

Thank you Tom for your very fine work. In near future I will start with deep-sky photography and send you a report."