SmartEye on Hyperstar Accessories
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A SmartEye on a Hyperstar is amazing, but has a few quirks and these accessories help solve them.
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- Printables
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- Physics & Astronomy
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The most obvious problem of putting a Pegasus Astro SmartEye on a Hyperstar is that to look into the SmartEye your head is in the way of the telescope. (You could use a tablet to view the SmartEye output, but at that point, why not just use a regular astro cam). The solution to that is simple - pause the SmartEye when someone is looking into it.
The more subtle problem is that until they make Live View available on the tablet/phone, the only way to focus is to look into the SmartEye. This mirror accessory lets you see the Live View without blocking the light path.
The base and the mirror are connected by 14 gauge bare copper wire to make a bendable connection.
It does require the ability to cut and grind glass to get the mirror to fit the printed holder. Print the "drawing.pdf" at 1:1 scale and use it to trace the cuts onto a front-surface mirror. (Look for kaleidoscope mirror online). Any diamond grinder bit should be adequate to do the size adjustments.
For a simpler option, snip off the clip at the top and place a square mirror onto the holder secured with... gorilla glue, rubber bands, tape, etc, just make sure it won't fall off and scratch your corrector plate. I would use two separate methods so if one fails the other is the backup.