TS-Optics Deluxe Dual Mount for Vixen/EQ5 style clamps and mounts with fine adjustment

A dual mount is the most stable way for attaching two telescopes to one mount. Especially for astrophotography, this kind of fastening is very popular. Thus you can attach a guiding scope or a camera for piggyback photography next to the main telescope.

The TSO-TSDM39Var additionally offers the possibility to align the guide scope or the camera perfectly with the main telescope or to center a guide star optimally. This is ideal for astrophotography, for example if you want to track a comet with larger proper motion by guiding on the coma. This dual mount is also a solution for autoguiders with a bit less sensitivity. You can easily center a guide star with the needed brightness.

Advantages of the Dual Mount

• Maximum stiffness without unnecessary weight through profile design
• High-quality clamps ensure best grip even after years
• The instruments are clamped across the surface, preventing from unaesthetic clamping marks and increasing stability
• The smooth side profile of the dual mount allows 100% balancing of the instruments on the mount
• The positions of the dovetail clamps can be changed. Thus the connection can adapt flexibly to the telescope diameter.
• At the side with the Geoptik tangential head, you can also attach the dovetail clamp TSO-TSPKM or TSO-TSPKV. Thereby you have the same quick release at both sides.

Advantages of a dual mount over other attachments

Usually, tube rings provide only a small support area and, due to the felt liner, they are not very stable. The guiding scope or telephoto lens can move relatively to the main telescope. Additionally, lever is more unfavourable. The mount is clearly higher burdened than with the dual mount. The guiding scope is significantly closer to the centre of gravity of the mount. Balancing the instruments is easier with the dual mount, too.

Among others, the dual mount is suitable for the following mounts:

• Skywatcher EQ3, EQ5, H-EQ5, AZ-EQ5
• Celestron Advanced VX
• Meade / Bresser Mon2, LXD 75
• Vixen GP series
• With the adapter TSO-PS3-V to all mounts with Losmandy style saddle plate

Delivery contents

• Dual mount with Vixen/EQ5 style saddle plate on one side and Geoptik tangential head on the other side