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Well Doug, if you are jumping ship, and looking at a newt, the AstroTech 8" imaging newt onion I had would be perfect, and even better if you can find a C/F tube for it. BUT......... be prepared to tinker a bit with the mechanics to make it work as it should. The Orion Optics ones might/should be better, and not need too much tinkering hopefully, plus the CF tube would reduce the wight a lot. Skywatcher are also bringing in CF newt tubes, so check them.
The one thing that got up my nose the most and caused me to revert to the refractor was the required collimation. Maybe I was inept, or maybe mine just needed more than most, but there was nothing worse that thinking it was right, and launching into a series of deep and dark, to find it wasn't. I quickly tired of that. Others swear by them, I ended up swearing at it. As our American friends so succinctly put it, YMMV.
Gary
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