The Sidereal Trading Manual Camera Rotator has a male M48 thread on one side and a female M48 on the other side. It manually rotates through 360° and locks in place using three locking bolts.

It can be used in several ways. If you do not use a corrector, you can add a 2″ nosepiece to the female thread on the telescope side. This goes into a 2″ compression ring on your focuser. Add a camera to the M48 male thread on the camera side and focus and rotate the camera to set up your image.

If you have a corrector with an M48 thread and use a DSLR, you can use a nosepiece to attach the rotator to the focuser, then attach the corrector to the male M48 on the other side of the rotator, then the t-ring and DSLR (see our gallery image). This will give you the correct back focus.

If you have a corrector and use an Astronomy Camera, you attach the rotator to the focuser using a nosepiece, then attach the corrector to the rotator, insert the required spacers (16.5mm and 21mm) to the corrector and then attach the camera. This will allow you to use an off-axis guider and a filter wheel or drawer and get the correct back focus. (See the gallery image.)