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Originally Posted by Orion
It's good to see that you are building a Nasmyth as well.
Why a Nasmyth?
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Hi Ed,
It simplifies the mount considerably. I want to mount it on a mel bartels driven alt azimuth mount sitting on a stand which elevates it to a suitable height- a variation on the idea shown here (where they are using equatorial platforms instead)-
http://bi-staff.beckman.uiuc.edu/~melockwo/telescopes/12in_cass/12in_cass.html
Rod.