Hercules Tilt Adaptor

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Hercules Tilt Adaptor

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I was scrolling through AliExpress in the telescope accessory section last week and found one of these.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000559 ... 531ePwOVeC
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I thought I'd buy one as they are half the price of the ZWO tilt adaptor, shipping took 5 days from China.

They are slightly smaller in diameter than the ZWO tilter and are a similar configuration to the Mk2 ZWO tilter.

They are well engineered with an internal sleeve that blocks out stray light.

I really like it.

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Very nice, thanks for the heads up Martin.


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Many thanks Martin.
If ever I need one, I'll certainly look at this again

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I have a few questions about these.
It looks like it works by push/pull, but one of the threaded holes does not appear to have a screw.
Wouldn’t it add some convenience to replace the Allen screw with a thumb screw?
It seems that adjusting these, for say Newton’s rings, generally will require adjustment for each session if the rig was previously taken down. It sounds pretty time consuming.


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My experience was that with a particular camera once you had the right amount of tilt dialled in there was no need to change the hinge angle. I have one for sale here:

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I use the Daystar Interference Eliminator now instead... https://www.firstlightoptics.com/daysta ... hread.html


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I use Daystar Interference as well and works really well, although expensive. However, to use just lossen two screws and tilt whilst looking at camera.
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I have the DayStar tilter as well, but found the adjustment screw pressure - "secured or loose" to be improved via using some O rings to be able to fine-tune the adjustment pressure.
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Good idea Bob! Thanks.


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