SPICAEYES TELESCOPES
  All Aluminum Telescopes with
   Platform Drive
  SlipStream GoTo Drive
 

EQUATORIAL PLATFORMS
 
About Our Platforms

Pictures: Telescopes on Platforms
The Awesome Aluminum Platform.

Platform Accessories:

    Cordless Slew Control
    Polar Alignment Tool
    Built-in Battery
Platform Pricing

Used/Demo Platforms
We Buy Back Platforms.


PLATFORM REVIEWS
Full Review: 20" f3.0 SpicaEyes Telescope on a Platform

CloudyNights Review

Owners Speak Out

A Customer Review by Markus Hagi

Customer Comment of the Month
   Updated 11/23/23


IMAGING
 Astrophotography with a Platform
 MallinCam Imaging
 MallinCam at the 2010 OSP
 Image of the Month Updated 7/9/24



 LINKS TO OTHER PRODUCTS

Equatorial Platforms
Phone/Fax 530-274-9113
E-Mail:
tomosy@nccn.net

 

 



THE POLAR ALIGNMENT TOOL



Now you can accurately polar align your Equatorial Platform in a minute or less. Just attach the tool to the south end of your Platform, look through the viewfinder, and center Polaris by moving the Platform. This can be done with the telescope on or off the Platform. You are now polar aligned!

The PAT-RD utilizes a high quality Red Dot finder from Stellarvue. It will give you excellent polar alignment for visual viewing.

Features include:

  • Powder coated aluminum construction for stiffness, light weight and durability

  • A captive screw with large knob for easy installation

  • Complete instructions for calibration and use


PRICES FOR THE POLAR ALIGNMENT TOOL

PAT-RD…….$125.00 plus $18.00 shipping

If you order the PAT-RD with your Platform, there would be no shipping charge. A PAT ordered with the Platform will also be pre-calibrated when the Platform is tested prior to shipping.


Comments from Customers

"The PAT tool works great. I only need to be near Polaris, and it tracks really well. Everyone else has to worry about drift, except for me."

T.M. Gilbert, AZ     

"Just wanted to tell you what a great product the Polar Alignment Tool is! I am able to set up much faster than when I used a compass and bubble level to align the platform, and the alignment is much more precise than I was ever able to achieve before. I always had visible drift before, but now things just hang in the center of the field. To top it all off, this alignment method is independent of latitude, so I don't have to worry about tilting the platform a precise number of degrees to adjust for my location. I just shim the platform until the red dot is on Polaris and I'm done. Every platform owner should have one of these!"
Michael Pietro, M.D.  Bellingham, WA