{"id":159,"date":"2026-06-05T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welcome-11e05dc.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:21:09","slug":"seestar-equatorial-wedge-balance-arm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/?page_id=159","title":{"rendered":"Seestar Equatorial Wedge Balance Arm"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Shift the balance between your Seestar and tripod to a safer place<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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While our Equatorial EZ Wedge has some advantages over the traditional wedge, many astronomers are traditionalists. This balance arm centers and balances a wedge mounted telescope without the need for counterweights or tripod stabilizing balance weights that slow down setup and just add extra clutter to your setup.\u00a0 Keep it simple.<\/p>

Balances EQ mounted scopes on the little Seestar supplied tripod.<\/p>

With a conventional wedge one would screw the wedge directly onto the tripod.\u00a0 Coarse azimuth pointing requires movement of the tripod itself as the wedge adjustments are very limited.\u00a0 With the Balance Arm one simply loosens the wedge mounting screw and orients to the pole.<\/p>

The Balance Arm accommodates most popular wedges and will mount to tripods with both 3\/8-inch and 1\/4-inch mounting studs.\u00a0<\/p>

Lightweight and compact, the thick 6061 aircraft aluminum alloy offset arm is rigid and inflexible.<\/p>

An added and somewhat unrelated bonus \u2013 Dovetail plate mounting hardware (an 8mm locking hand knob and a 6mm safety stop screw) is provided to adapt the Seestar to some popular wedges including the one shown.\u00a0 A friction pad has also been added as the seating of the telescope to the dovetail is slippery and will rotate even with minor disturbance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Don\u2019t own a wedge yet? Our Equatorial EZ Wedge is economical, smaller, lighter and more rigid than conventional wedges.\u00a0 The greater the distance from the tripod the greater the tendency to vibrate.\u00a0 The EZ Wedge positions the Seestar closer to the tripod than a conventional wedge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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405 New Meadow RoadBarrington, Rhode Island 02806\u00a0 USA Questions?\u00a0 Contact us at:\u00a01-401-245-4068 info@petersonengineering.com Return to Seestar Mount homepage Seestar Equatorial Wedge Balance Arm Shift the balance between your Seestar and tripod to a safer place While our Equatorial EZ Wedge has some advantages over the traditional wedge, many astronomers are traditionalists. This balance arm centers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}