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Old 02-11-2010, 09:31 PM
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I would like to add something here as a relative newbie, I intend to try (at least) my 8" LX 90 (8.5kg), on a dovetail once deforked, to join my Skywatcher 100mm apo and Meade 80mm apo triplet (approx 3kg,2.7kg) plus an Orion short tube guide scope (1.1kg) plus sundry imaging stuff so I can have a rig all set up for both DSO and planetary on an EQ6 pro with 10kgs of CW. The heaviest thing attached I think would be an SLR, or the drag from a Gstar-ex with cables, (my atik & DFk being reasonably light). I estimate about 19.5kg. Do the jury think this is too much for accurate guiding? Haven't set it up yet so all ears as far as doing either one set up (planetary) Vs another.
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