PLUS guide rings are available in different sizes and they allow you to install a guide telescope in parallel to the main one. PLUS guide rings are are made with high mechanical precision (built with CNC machines from aluminum block) and they’re designed for an easy connection to other PLUS mechanical elements such Vixen or Losmandy style dovetail bars or support rings. By connecting them to other PLUS elements with 2 screws, you can avoid flexures that are a common problem in astrophotography. You can also install the PLUS guide rings directly above the EAGLE.
In this video Filippo shows you how to connect PLUS guide rings to other PLUS elements:
PLUS guide rings can be connected to the PLUS Vixen-style dovetail bar by using the proper passing holes you can find on the bar. Every ring ix fixed by using 2 M6 screws in order to avoid flexures. Alternatively, you can also fix the PLUS guide rings in any position with the central threaded hole of the guide ring but by using a single M6 screw.
PLUS guide rings connected to the PLUS Losmandy-style dovetail bar in reverse position, by using the proper passing holes you can find on the bar. Every ring ix fixed by using 2 M6 screws in order to avoid flexures. Alternatively, you can also fix the PLUS guide rings in any position with the central threaded hole of the guide ring but by using a single M6 screw.
PLUS guide rings can be fixed directly above the PLUS support rings. In order to do this, you can use 2 M6x8 screws for every guide ring and insert every screw from the internal part of the support ring.
PLUS guide rings can be also connected on top of the EAGLE. By adding the additional plates and M5 screws provided in the box of the guide rings, you can fix every PLUS guide ring on top of the EAGLE. This allows you to install a compact guide telescope on top of the EAGLE and in parallel to the main telescope.
