William Optics 120mm Saddle Handle Bar with 50mm Guiding Rings - No Adjustments Screws

Dual-Function Design: A 120mm Handle and Mini-Vixen Saddle

This handle simplifies both the transport and the outfitting of your telescope. The 120mm length provides a sturdy, comfortable grip for carrying your optical tube, reducing the risk of drops during setup and teardown. Once mounted, the top surface acts as a Mini-Vixen saddle, allowing you to securely attach guide scopes, finderscopes, or other accessories with a standard V-style dovetail.

Integrated 50mm Guide Rings for a Rigid, Non-Adjustable Setup

By eliminating adjustment screws, William Optics has engineered these 50mm guide rings for maximum stability. This design choice removes a common source of differential flexure, ensuring your guide scope and main imaging telescope remain perfectly parallel throughout an imaging session. This results in tighter stars and removes a frustrating variable from your guiding workflow.

The trade-off for this rigidity is a lack of independent aiming for the guide scope. You will rely on the wide field of view of your 50mm guide scope and modern guiding software like PHD2 to automatically locate a suitable guide star within the frame.

Choosing Your Guiding Philosophy: Non-Adjustable vs. Adjustable Rings

The choice between this handle and one with adjustable rings comes down to your priorities. An adjustable system offers the flexibility to manually point your guide scope toward a brighter guide star, which can be useful in star-poor regions of the sky. This non-adjustable version prioritizes mechanical simplicity and absolute rigidity. With no screws to work loose or shift, it provides a solid, set-and-forget mounting solution that virtually eliminates guiding errors caused by hardware flex.