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Originally Posted by Somnium
wow, what a magnificent Newt. that must weigh a lot, is the Titan up to the challenge ?
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That was one of the main things I thought may be a problem but it turns out the Titan handles it easily. The original 25/1 gearboxes have been upgraded to 50/1 and the motors have never even been warm. The counter weight shaft is carrying 60kg and I estimate the scope weight at 65kg. Tracking is excellent with a good polar alignment showing a minor drift after 10 minutes. For deep sky I would spend some time on the alignment but for planetary it's no so important. The seeing is not good at the moment although brief moments show the optics look 1st class. The only Saturn image I have processed so far although in poor seeing l am happy with. When the seeing improves I shall find out how good it really is.