Side by Side Mounting

[roughy]

Does anyone have advice on disadvantages of mounting an 8" or 10" GSO RC and a 110mm refractor side by side. Setup is permanent.

Mount is capable of 40kg, so weight shouldn't be an issue.

This isn't a necessary setup but am considering this from a perspective of convenience, mostly to do with attachments.

[Lester]

Hi Mark, I am using a side by side set-up with 100mm refractor and 160mm astrograph and it works well. If the set-up goes too wide it will limit your viewing near the zenith as the scopes can hit on the mount. You may not have a real problem with what you are trying. I did try a 14" SCT with 100mm refractor on one side and the 160mm astrograph on the other; this did limit my views of the zenith. From my experience side by side is more stable than piggy back.

All the best.

[leon]

Side by side can, and dose work very well if you know your limitations, I had a great set up for imaging, and the only issue that might make it a little difficult is balance, but if one gets that right, it is the way to go.

Leon