Wedge für präzise Polausrichtung

This wedge is a must have for Nomad tracker! Its very solid and sturdy but at the same time very small! It could be used also for other star trackers such a: Swsa, Fornax and Ioptron portable trackers. Love it for hiking when each kg counts at the end.

Well-made with very smooth and precise gearing. Much smoother and precise than the Sky Watcher I have. Very easy to get a very fine adjustment and hold it. I would purchase it again without hesitation.

Solid construction, easy to operate, precise up to 0.1º, excellent equatorial mode on Seestar and similar telescopes!

I already had the original version of the MSM wedge and while it worked ok, the newer current version is a noticeable improvement. The altitude locking is improved and overall it is easier to make fine adjustments. A nice match for the Nomad to keep everything compact. I think it would handle a Seestar in EQ mode ok, though I use a MSM geared head for that.

I was looking for an efficient wedge (including size and cost) for my Dwarf3, which could make my life easy to polar align in the dark. The MSM one proved to satisfy this goal. Just one point to improve : the lever used for locking the elevation angle is too long for it to rotate freely under the Dwarf3. A knob with a proper grip would be a useful replacement. Hence the missing star to reach the maximum score of 5.

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I use the MSM Wedge & 360 Panning Base for polar alignment on my Dwarflab 3. It makes polar alignment much easier to get to 0 deviation quickly. The quick connect stays on my D3 and makes connection much easier too.

For several years I’ve used a geared head to align my MSM Nomad with Polaris. Whilst it worked very well and gave accurate results, it was bulky which made travelling with it a bit of a pain.

I finally took the plunge and splashed out on a Nomad wedge and have been pleasantly surprised by it. Build quality is very good (as you’d expect from Nomad) and it’s very easy to set up and use. Once fitted to a levelled base (very important!), the wedge controls make it easy to adjust the direction and elevation of the wedge. Whilst a geared head would still be my preference when weight isn’t an issue, the compact size and lightweight design of the wedge makes this an excellent alternative. It’s also a lot cheaper than a geared head so that’s another plus!

I'm totally new to astro-photography. After several years taking some amateur "decent" shots of the Milky Way with my phone, I was disappointed that only short exposures could be used -and even at 10secs one could already see a slight signature of the trails of the stars. I wanted to explore the next level, and a colleague expert in astro-photography recommended the NOMAD tracker. As I was travelling to Patagonia, I wanted something light, portable, and easy to use, so I gave it a try. And in fact, I could take thrilling pictures of the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds using my phone on the NOMAD tracker. It is amazing how well it works, how easy it is to align (I also used my phone and astronomy apps to align it), and how reliable it is! It was definitely a game-changer for me. Now I really want to go for more serious photographic equipment and spend more time out there tracking the stars!

Für mich persönlich war es immer ein ziemlicher Aufwand meinen NOMAD auf den Polarstern auszurichten, aber mit dem Wedge von MSM gelingt das super einfach und verlängert die Belichtungszeit auch um einiges, da die Ausrichtung weitaus genauer wird. Ich bin absolut begeistert und voll zufrieden dem Wedge.
Die Milchstraße über der Wüste Ägyptens, 20mm f/1.8, 60 Sek, ISO 200, Sony a7 III.