Tag: Hadley

Mount The Hadley Telescope To A GOTO Mount

The Hadley Telescope project was fun to build.  I wanted to use this telescope with my GOTO mount so I designed some vixen plates.  These plates mounted directly to the original mount assembly.  The difference is that you need to print a second mount assembly so that you have 2 mounting locations.  See the images below.

 

You can download the STL file here:

Vixen Plate That Mounts to 2 Hadley Mounting Rings

 

Celestron Starpointer Review and Install

My Hadley Telescope has a basic finder that is 3D printed.  It works ok but it lacks the ability to be fine tuned.  

I decided to upgrade and get a professional finder – The Celestron Starpointer.

This finder can do the following:

  • Adjust left and right
  • Adjust up and down
  • Project a laser image retical with  circle

 

The retical is not a dot, it’s a circle.  This is useful since a dot would block the star you are trying to see.  With a circle, you can point the telescope to the center and still see what you are looking at.

I designed and printed out a mount that work with the Hadely.

You can download it here.

Finderscope Mount.stl

Finder Scope mount for Celestron. Works with the Hadely Telescope

There are no supports needed but you may need to scale it down. I increased the size to work with my printer and my telescope.

Mount Attachment To The Hadley

Insert #10 nuts into the two slots and then thread in #10 machine screws.  The length should be around 1″

What I liked About It

I love the micro fine up and down adjustment.  This made the whole process easy.  You can adjust as necessary on a bigger object like Jupiter, then you can find smaller objects like Saturn easier than ever before.

What Could Be Improved

There is a switch on the side that turns the laser on.  It also increases or decreases the brightness.  I find myself forgetting to turn the laser off.  There is no auto off feature.  If left unchecked, it will drain the batteries if you forget as I did.