I already have a pdf of the manual for it, though its primarily in french
https://www.astrofiles.net/sites/default/files/manuels/Tanzutsu/Telescope Paralux-Tanzutsu 114mm 1000mm.pdf
#Modernising an 80s telescope (Tanzutsu 114/1000)
foggy pulsar
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Modernising an 80s telescope (Tanzutsu 114/1000)
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yea itll need a new mount. Might wanna try and get a vixen bar on it. That would allow you to use any mount basically
not sure how you can do that though
maybe new rings?
foggy pulsar
maybe new rings?
i was researching this, but yeah new rings might end up being a good play
what rings and dovetail do i end up getting?
i was looking at this but the telescope has a length of like nearly 400mm
so i have no clue
oh nevermind there are longer ones
foggy pulsar
im not a newt guy idk anything about rings lol
i mean tbf this telescope isnt actually a newtonian
but i'll definitely need them for sure if i need to mount it to another eq mount
foggy pulsar
huh hows it not a newtr
its very similar to a newt, but the interior is just different
oh nvm they list it as a reflector
okay wait a second, no i see what you mean now
ah its actually a Catadioptric system
i dont have any proper diagram what it looks like, and taking a photo of it is really annoying to do
but essentially the eyepiece being on the side of the telescope near where light exits the eyepiece is looking into a mirror mounted on the front of the inside of the telescope which that mirror is angled to the back mirror
concave mirror specifically