The Meade DS 60 mm f/11 refractor functions primarily as a guidescope. Guidescopes are small-aperture telescopes paired with a much larger telescope, used in an imaging technique called autoguiding. Guidescopes need not be expensive nor of superb quality. Even cheap telescopes may be used for this purpose.

Meade DS 60 mm f/11 refractor

Meade DS-60 serves as the guidescope of much larger 4-inch telescope in a piggy-back setup

Here's another one showing the Meade DS-60 guidescope in a side-saddle setup with a 6-inch reflector


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