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The pier is constructed of two steel plates welded to a 10 diameter steel tube, and the whole thing is powdercoated on the interior and the exterior to protect the pier from corrosion. Software bisque paramount robotic mounts another colorado company, software bisque engineers some of the finest professional mounts and software in the industry. Software bisque paramount myt mighty robotic german equatorial mount. This software bisque paramount mx heavy duty robotic german equatorial mountpyramid portable pier combination is a truly portable 90 pound payload capacity imaging mount with a broad range of advanced features and capabilities that will keep you focused on the universe and not your equipment. Software bisque urges you to compare the paramount mx feature set with every other commercial mount in this price range before buying any mount. The myt is the most portable model, weighing only 34 lbs. Software bisque paramount mx goto german equatorial, with. Hi all, ive had a variety of scopes over the years and have worked my way up to a 12inch lx200acf on a wedge on a permanent pier, inside an observatory for planetary imaging, and a more portable wo gtf81 on an avx for widerfield astrophotography. The important requirement is that works well with sgpro. Onaxis encoders will not be available for the paramount mx robotic telescope mount or the earlier generation paramount me robotic. Software bisque proudly manufactures the legendary line of paramount robotic telescope mounts. At the heart of this search lies bisque and its family of precision crafted telescope mounts and suite of software solutions.
Oct 14, 2014 this video describes how to properly install a through the mount cable for the paramount mx mount. Reading this forum and some of the documents online that describe the mount, accessories and software, have answered most of my initial questions. Software bisque paramount me iimx polar alignment scope. Posted on march 1, 2020 march 1, 2020 by matt bisque. The paramount meii equatorial mount is software bisques flagship, researchgrade equatorial mount.
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