1. Low-cost Video Camera Adapter for the Orion Go-Scope 80 Ted Blank IOTA 2014 Annual Meeting College Park, MD

2. Orion Go-Scope 80 is another option for mobile deployments 80 mm aperture Simple alt-az mount $130 as shown Innovative focus design (rear knob moves front objective!)

3. Problem: PC164CEX-2 with Owl 0.5X FR will not come to focus in Go-Scope Visual back uses non-standard thread size With the diagonal in place, not enough in- travel Without the diagonal in place, no way to attach to the rear threads Solution: take a lesson from Scotty D. and visit the Lowes Plumbing Dept.

4. Low-cost adapter

5. Cut on dotted lines for outer piece Cut on solid lines for insert Wrap insert in tape for snug fit Spot glue around edges Cut 3 pairs of slots with hacksaw. Drill and tap at location shown for thumbscrew

7. Now camera will come to focus With adapter in place, PC164CEX-2 with 0.5X FR comes to focus approximately in the middle of the focuser travel Insure cuts in PVC are made square so all parts of camera chip will be in focus