Cuña para alineación polar precisa
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HANDLE TIME
All orders will be scheduled for shipment in 1 to 3 business days, excluding holidays.
COUNTRIES
We ship worldwide.
WAREHOUSES
Currently, we have 4 warehouses.
🇺🇸 US warehouse, for our US users, parcel usually arrives in 1-7 days.
🇪🇺 EU warehouse, for most EU countries, parcel usually arrives in 1-7 days.
🇦🇺 AU warehouse, for our Australia and New Zealand users, parcel usually arrives around 1-7 days.
🇨🇳 CN warehouse, for all countries, parcel arrives in 4-7 or 8-20 days, please check below for details.
DIMENSIONES & PESOS
- Altura total: 77.5 mm
- Diámetro base: 58.8 mm
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Peso neto: 0.70 libras (318.2 g)
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Carga máxima: 11 lbs (5 kg)
- Placa Arca Swiss: Incluida
- Orificio para tornillo en la parte inferior: Orificio para tornillo 3/8
DATOS TÉCNICOS GENERALES
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Color: Negro
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Material: Aleación de aluminio mecanizado CNC
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Ajuste de inclinación: 0°-60°
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Compatibilidad: Cualquier Rig con ARCA Swiss en la parte inferior, por ejemplo, MSM Rotator, MSM NOMAD, Seestar S30, Seestar S50, Dwarf 2, Dwarf 3 y así sucesivamente.
Descripción
La cuña MSM está diseñada para una alineación polar precisa, similar a una rótula pero con capacidades de ajuste más finas. Cuenta con cuatro perillas y una manija, para ajustes multidireccionales, permitiéndote colocar tu rastreador o cámara en varios ángulos. En la parte superior de la placa de liberación rápida tiene un tornillo estándar 1/4"-20 para que puedas fijar cualquier cosa con un tornillo 1/4"-20.
Cómo configurar NOMAD con la cuña MSM:
¿Cómo usarlo?
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Perilla A Bloquea o desbloquea la placa de liberación rápida en la parte superior
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Perilla B & Manija:
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Perilla B controla el ajuste de altitud.
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La manija bloquea y desbloquea el ajuste de altitud cuando se gira en la dirección de la Perilla B o en la dirección opuesta, respectivamente. Simplemente tira de la manija para ajustar su dirección y esta acción no afectará el estado bloqueado o desbloqueado.
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Perilla C & Perilla D ajustan el azimut para movimientos precisos hacia la izquierda y derecha en pequeños incrementos.
- Perilla E Tornillo de fábrica solo para conexión de la base, sin función para el usuario
Cuña + Base giratoria. ¿Por qué esta combinación?
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La base giratoria te permite rotar tu equipo libremente en cualquier dirección sin mover el trípode, perfecto para una configuración rápida, especialmente en lugares desconocidos.
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La cuña proporciona ajustes finos y precisos, haciendo que la alineación polar sea más suave y exacta.
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Juntos, simplifican tanto la alineación gruesa como la fina, ahorrándote tiempo y esfuerzo en el campo.
Customer Reviews
This wedge is a good match for the Seestar S50. It’s sturdy, easy to adjust, and helps achieve more accurate alignment. Happy with the performance so far.
I was surprised by the size, smaller than I had imagined, but that's not a flaw, as the wedge is quite firm and gave more stability to my setup. The panorama screw seems a bit fragile compared to the others, but I'll check it better in the field. Now it's time to carry out field tests and check for better results.
Wedge for precise polar alignment
This is the perfect solution to the problem that I had which was an EQ mounting arrangement for my Seestar S30 "smart" telescope. It's very well made, with a precise "feel" to it's operation. I wish all my astro gear was built to these standards. No regrets, other than not finding it sooner.
I'm using this with a couple of different camera tripods, one attached to the usual head with a 1/4"-20 screw and the other directly connected to the top of the tripod with the 3/8 stud. The adapters I also ordered make this easy to do.
Before sharing my experience, here are my observed measurements:
MSW wedge net weight: 325g
MSW wedge with 1/4” to 3/8” adaptor: 327g
Panning base: 130g
MSM wedge with panning base: 457g
Making fine tilting and panning adjustments is essential when using the equatorial mode (EQ) for astrophotography. I have bought the MSW wedge with the panning base for setting up a smart telescope in EQ mode. Besides enabling tiny controlled movements using a screw-based mechanism, this package is light, compact, sturdy and reasonably priced. I have found it easy to use the MSM wedge with the panning base to quickly achieve polar alignment.
The panning base is not a must for using the MSM wedge but may be complementary. I have bought the panning base after a friend’s advice and I have not regretted. By considering the direction of force from the weight of the smart telescope, a screw-based mechanism may be more important for making fine tilting than fine panning adjustments. The panning base is not screw-based, but it enables both big (hence quick) and fine adjustments in the panning plane. Without the panning base, the MSM wedge can only make tiny controlled panning adjustments.
Although it has been suggested that the tripod should be horizontally levelled in EQ mode and the MSW wedge may not be used when the latitude is less than 30 degrees, I have successfully used the MSW wedge in Hong Kong (latitude is 22°08′ North to 22°35′ North) by deliberately and slightly shortening the tripod leg pointing towards the North.
If your tripod comes with a ball head that does not allow controlled tilting and panning movements, you may find the MSM wedge and panning base very useful for astrophotography in EQ mode.
I'm overall very satisfied with this product, its only issue is something that is an unavoidable feature when designing for small weight and compactness. Due to how small the wedge is, with the rotator, polar scope and laser attached, it can be tedious to make fine adjustments using the small screws while looking through the polar scope but it is nothing that you can't get used to.
For what it is designed for (more precise alignment while maintaining transportability), it does its job extremely well. I was able to capture a detailed deep-sky image of the Orion Nebula using this wedge, the original MSM Rotator and a 210mm lens, which, I believe is safe to say was pushing the limit of what MSM products are generally designed for.
For shorter focal lengths (85-135 mm), I believe the level of precision this product offers is more than adequate, and for wide-field images with shorter focal lengths, the finnickiness becomes a non-issue. If you are trying to use the MSM wedge and polar scope for proper deep-sky astrophotography, you might be a bit frustrated with the small knobs and how close together everything is but bear in mind that you are using the product for more than it was designed for.
However, even in such cases, you can achieve decent results with experience and some experimentation. This product is adequate for wide-field deep-sky imaging (135-200 mm) and excellent for Milky Way or other types of wide-field astrophotography at shorter focal lengths (35-85 mm).
Excellent return and replacement warranty service.
I'm primarily a macro photographer and do a little astrophotography. When I saw this precise wedge, I was thrilled because achieving the final, exact polar alignment with conventional tripod heads is always very impractical in extreme macro photography. It's an excellent piece of equipment for my needs.
I'll also use it with my tracker, but I haven't had time for that yet. I think the precise adjustment will work just as well.
Con la cuña de alineación el trabajo alinear el tracker se hace mas llevadero y preciso
This is the best wedge I have used with my smart scopes, I already own 3 of these and will soon be adding a forth, as a society we do a lot of public outreach, and these make setting up easy and we always recommend there for use when people are buying Seestars Dwarfs etc, a few images below taken in EQ mode using these.
