Description

This 12" Dovetail Sliding Bar was designed with short instruments in mind. The middle portion of the plate is raised 0.5" above the front and back sections. As a result, the plate is long enough for optimal movement without causing interference with the dewcap or focuser.

Weight: 1.9 lb. (0.86 kg). The plate is ribbed on the opposite side to reduce weight.
Includes screw packet for various configurations.

Attach directly to the bottom of mounting rings or with a spacer bar

• 130 mm f6.3 StarFire "Gran Turismo", 105 mm Traveler, 130 mm f6 StarFire (original version) - attach directly to Astro-Physics rings. With the Traveler, a spacer bar is preferred to allow more finger room on the focuser, but is not required.
• 130 mm f8 or f8.3 StarFires, 140 mm f7 StarFire, and 155 mm f7 StarFire or similar instruments - use with in the outer hole positions. This will space the rings approximately 10" apart. The LMAPBLOCKS rest completely on the sliding bar and do not extend off the side.
• Instruments that have ¼-20 center holes in the mounting rings.
• 90 mm f5 Stowaway must be mounted by using the 5.5" sliding bar (SB0550) (discontinued) as a spacer to allow additional clearance for the dewcap.
• Attach your TeleVue or Takahashi clamshells directly to the SBD12 using M8 socket head screws.

Use with our 8.5" Dovetail Saddle Plate , 16" Dovetail Saddle Plate version with 3-clamps or other similar saddle plates. The 12" Sliding Bar is too short to be used with our older style 16" plates, the DOVELM16, or DOVELM16S that have only 2 clamps.

Use as an accessory plate

Attach directly to the top of rings using a single center hole or use - purchased separately) to attach the 12" Sliding Bar to the top of the mounting rings (assuming that the surface is flat and has the Astro-Physics hole pattern - two 10-32 tapped holes with 3" spacing). Use with the following accessories:

• Losmandy Dovetail Plate Adapter (LMDVA). This will allow you to attach the following items: ,  and various other accessories.
• Other adapters with a female D-style series dovetail channel.

Specifications

Weight: 1.9 lb. (0.86 kg)

Included:
SBD12 Dovetail Plate
Fasteners listed on