Description
Installing a heavy OTA has never been easier than with the new Keller EZ-Saddle. Designed by Allan Keller of PlaneWave Instruments, the EZ-Saddle offers innovative features never before seen in a telescope saddle plate.
The latest component of the Libra dovetail system, Optec’s new Keller EZ-Saddle makes mounting large telescopes quick and easy. Featuring plenty of mounting options and bolt package kits for the PlaneWave / Ascension Instruments A200 mount, Astro-Physics mounts, Celestron CGE Pro, Losmandy G11, Mountain Instruments MI-250, and the Paramount Versaplate (for tandem mounting) the EZ-Saddle offers a standard Losmandy “D” plate receiver saddle to fit nearly any telescope OTA.
Some of the unique design improvements include placing the clamp tensioning knobs on the bottom side making them easy to reach when mounting the telescope. Safety features include a stability bar along the front edge to provide enough relief to reach down to tighten the clamps located on the same front or bottom side.
The stability bar can be removed to reduce weight once the telescope is securely in place. A registration notch allows the mating D-plate to be marked for quick and easy re-balancing. All fasteners are stainless and the tensioning knobs are available in several color options.
Available now, contact Optec or PlaneWave Instruments to order – be sure to specify your mount make and model for proper bolt kit.
Specifications
- D-plate Width: 4. 5″
- Width with Stability Bar: 5.00″
- Overall Width with knobs: 6.25″ to 6.5″
- Overall Height: 1.00″
- Overall Length: 16″
- Clamp Width: 2.5″
- Clamp Fasteners: anodized lobed aluminum in a variety of colors
- Knob Color Options: Natural
- Stability Bar Height: 1.65″
- Stability Bar Thickness: 0.375″
- Weight with Stability Bar: 4 lb. 6 oz. (2.0 kg)
- Weight with Stability Bar Removed: 3 lb. 14 oz. (1.75 kg)
- Payload Capacity: 55-lbs. (25 kg)
- Safety: Two 1/4″-20 knobs on female dovetail side.
Additional Features:
- Removable Stability Bar,
- Fourteen Cable Management Tie-Down locations,
- Balance Indicator notch on Stability Bar,
- Clamp stops, Drop-In dovetail.
Declination Axis Mount Compatibility
Optec offers bolt kits for mounting the following devices to the Keller EZ-Saddle:
- #19236: Celestron CGEM (includes adapter)
- #19237: Celestron CGE-Pro
- #19238: Astro-Physics AP900, Mach 1, and SB3622 Plate
- #19239: Astro-Physics AP1200
- #19240: Astro-Physics AT3600″El Capitan” tandem mount with SB3622 plate
- #19241: Mountain Instruments MI-250
- #19242: Losmandy G11
- #19243: Takahashi EM-400 with adapter plate (required and sold separately)
- #19244: Paramount Versaplate for tandem mounting
- #19245: PlaneWave Ascension A200
Receiver Saddle Compatible with:
- Optec Libra “D” series dovetail systems,
- Losmandy D series dovetail systems,
- Celestron dovetail bar,
- Farpoint D series dovetails systems,
- ADM “D” Series dovetail systems,
- Robin Casady’s dovetail systems.
| Style | Keller EZ-Saddle, CGEM Bolt Kit, CGE-Pro Bolt Kit, AP900/Mach1/SB3622 Bolt Kit, AP1200 Bolt Kit, EL Capitan with SB3622 plate Bolt Kit, MI-250 Bolt Kit, G11 Bolt Kit, EM-400 Bolt Kit, Versaplate Bolt Kit, A200 Bolt Kit |
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Fast Shipping and Professional Packaging
Due to our longstanding partnership with UPS FedEx DHL as well as other major international carriers, we are able to provide various shipping options. Our warehouse personnel will pack each item according to our strict requirements. Before they are shipped, your goods will be thoroughly examined and secured. Everyday, we send to thousands of clients in different countries. This is a sign of our determination to become the largest online retailer globally. The warehouses and centers for distribution are in Europe, as well as the USA.
Note that orders containing more than one item will be processed according to the specific item.
Before shipping before shipping, we'll inspect thoroughly the items you've purchased. Most orders are delivered within 48 hours. The estimated delivery time is between 3 and 7 days.
Returns
The inventory is always changing and we do not fully manage it because of the fact that many parties are involved, including our warehouse and factory. Therefore, the actual inventory could change at any time. It's possible that your order will be unable to fill when you have placed the order.
Our policy is valid for 30 days. If 30 days have gone without a trace since the purchase and we are unable to offer an exchange or refund.
In order for your item to be returned it must be in its original packaging, unopened and in the same condition as when you received it in. It must also be in its original packaging.
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