SPICAEYES TELESCOPES
  All Aluminum Telescopes with
    Platform Drive
    SlipStream GoTo Drive

EQUATORIAL PLATFORMS
  About Our Platforms
  Picture Gallery of Telescopes on     Platforms
  The Compact Equatorial Platform
  The Awesome Aluminum Platform
  Platform Accessories
    Cordless Slew Control
    Polar Alignment Tool
    Built-in Battery
  Platform Pricing


PLATFORM REVIEWS
 CloudyNights Review
 Owners Speak Out
 Customer Comment of the Month    Updated 10/05/09 

IMAGING
 Astrophotography with a Platform
 MallinCam Imaging
 Image of the Month Updated 10/07/09


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 WHERE WE'LL BE IN 2010

Equatorial Platforms
Phone/Fax 530-274-9113
E-Mail:
tomosy@nccn.net


Visits Since March 1999

Equatorial Platforms
for great Dob tracking.

A well-made Dobsonian telescope is an excellent observing machine. It features unmatched stability and smoothness of motion. Plus, it is eminently compact and transportable. However, the Dobsonian has one major drawback - no motor drive. You have to push it around to follow what you're viewing. This can get to be a hassle.

Set a Dobsonian on an Equatorial Platform and experience instant motorized tracking! Wherever you point, you're tracking - smoothly, precisely - without losing stability, ease of operation or portability.

A Dobsonian mounted on an EQUATORIAL PLATFORM becomes the ultimate user-friendly telescope. Perfect for High-Power Drawing, Classes, Star-Parties, Group Viewing, Astrophotography and CCD Imaging.


Large Aperture
Aluminum Telescope System with SlipStream GoTo Drive

These new SpicaEyes Telescopes combine solid All-Aluminum construction with a new GoTo drive system that integrates a Slip Clutch on both axes for full-time manual and motorized slew control.

You can find objects fast by using the included Argo Navis computer. The telescope will automatically slew, or you can move it by hand. Once you find your target, the telescope will track it for you, keeping it centered in the field of view. The integrated SlipStream clutches allow you to move the scope at any time by hand or with the motorized slew control, with no levers to disengage.

These SpicaEyes Aluminum Telescopes are also available with Integrated Aluminum Platforms for superior imaging capability.

Customer Comment of the Month -

"Tom,

Thought you would like to know that your platform is precise, accurate and a pleasure to use. There is also something almost magical about preserving the manual - nothing to engage or disengage - mechanical simplicity of a large Dob, while simultaneously tracking with dual axis slow motion control."

Joe Cannavo, Bayside, NY..........owner of a 16" Dual-axis Platform