Introduction; Getting Started - Software Bisque Paramount OTA Ring Installation Instructions Manual

Introduction

This document describes how to attach a variety of optical tube assemblies (OTAs) to the Paramount
Taurus equatorial fork model mounts.
Software Bisque also manufactures precision OTA mounting rings for:
•
14-inch Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain (SCT) OTAs
•
14-inch Rowe-Ackerman Schmidt-Astrograph (RASA) OTAs
•
Meade 16-inch SCT OTAs
The rings are compatible with:
•
Paramount Taurus 400 equatorial fork mounts
•
Paramount ME II German equatorial mounts (GEMs)
•
Paramount MX/MX+ GEMs
Please review Table 1 and the steps to determine which sections apply to your setup.

Getting Started

Table 1 lists the apertures of many common commercial telescopes, and the accessories or bracketing
hardware that is required to attach an OTA of this size to the Paramount.
An optional Paramount Taurus Dovetail Plate can be used to mount optics or other instruments to the
OTA itself.
OTA
Aperture Paramount ME II
(in/cm)
Large Dovetail
24/61
Accessory
Large Dovetail
20/51
Accessory
Standard Versa-Plate
17/43
Dovetail
Standard Versa-Plate
14/36 SCT
Dovetail
Standard Versa-Plate
16/41 SCT
Dovetail
Standard Versa-Plate
11/28
Dovetail
Taurus 400
n/a
n/a Taurus 500 Brackets
Taurus 400
Brackets
Celestron 14-inch 14-inch Cage Array
Rings
Meade 16-inch
Rings
11-inch Cage Array
n/a
Table 1: Paramount OTA mounting options.
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Taurus 500 Taurus 600
Taurus 600
n/a
n/a
14-inch Cage
Array (up to 9
(up to 6 total)
n/a
11-inch Cage
Array (up to 9
(up to 6 total)
Taurus
Accessory
Dovetail
Plate
Compatible?
Yes
Brackets
n/a Yes
n/a Yes
Rings Only
total)
n/a Rings Only
No
total)