The Televue Telescope Balance Aid Long is intended primarily for ring sets and tripod cradles to properly balance your telescope. This Plate has three slots and four quarter twenty holes to allow necessary adjustments. It can also be placed on top of the ring sets to act as a platform to mount photographic cameras or as a guider for other scopes. APL-1096 can be used under the tube ring to shift the telescope weight forward to help balance should it be necessary.