- Compact mini guide scope designed for use with astrophotography telescopes
up to 1500mm focal length
- Mini 50mm guide scope with bright, wide-field optics puts numerous potential
guide stars in view so you'll never have to search for one!
- Adjustable-aim dovetail guide scope bracket installs on virtually any astrophotography
telescope quickly and easily
- Very small and compact autoguiding system adds hardly any weight to an astrophotography
setup and can conveniently be stashed in an accessory case between uses
- Designed for use with Orion StarShoot AutoGuider (sold separately) and other
similar small-chip CCD autoguider
The Orion-designed Mini 50mm Guide Scope is a complete and compact guide scope
solution designed for use with the Orion StarShoot AutoGuider (sold separately)
or similar small-chip CCD autoguider devices. The Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope
is ideal for guiding long-exposure astrophotographs with imaging telescopes
up to 1500mm in focal length.
Thanks to the high level of guiding accuracy offered by modern autoguider devices
such as the Orion StarShoot AutoGuider, astro-imagers of today can use guide
scopes with much shorter focal lengths and smaller apertures compared to the
large, bulky models used in the past. Using a more optically "fast"
refractor as a guide scope can save astro-imagers time, space, and money, but
will still provide the unrivaled accuracy that only autoguiding can bring to
long-exposure astrophotographs. Although modern dedicated autoguider devices
allow small, optically fast guide scopes to be used with excellent results,
there is an unfortunate scarcity of quality offerings available. That is, until
now. The Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope brings autoguiding into the realm of affordability
for any astrophotographer, and brings the guide scope to a position that was
previously occupied by a telescope finder scope.
Consisting of a 50mm aperture, 162mm focal length (f/3.2) achromatic refractor
guide scope, an adjustable dovetail guide scope bracket, an 1.25" aluminum
parfocal ring, a dovetail mounting base, and an adapter plate, the Orion Mini
50mm Guide Scope makes it easy for any astro-imager to enjoy the precision of
autoguiding in their images. All this pint-sized setup requires is a StarShoot
AutoGuider (sold separately) or similar small-chip CCD autoguider and its
ready for night, camera, action! The guide scope bracket fits into the standard
Orion dovetail finder scope base found on most Orion telescopes. If your imaging
scope doesnt feature a dovetail base or has one already occupied by an
oft-used finder, the included dovetail base and attachment hardware lets you
attach the Mini 50mm Guide Scope to any optical tube. Alternatively, the included
adapter plate can be used to attach the dovetail base and Mini 50mm Guide Scope
to any standard dovetail plate or side-by-side plate if preferred.
The featherweight guide scope tips the scales at a mere 16oz., and has been
designed for use with imaging telescopes measuring up to 1500mm in focal length.
This one-pound wonder Mini 50mm Guide Scope features fully multi-coated optics
and a focus-adjusting front ring with locking collar. The included parfocal
ring makes it easy to repeat autoguiding performance night to night, by letting
you set the ideal focus position of the autoguider.
Find out how easy and affordable it can be to add autoguiding precision to
your astrophotos today with the new Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope!