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Hi all,
This is now quite an old post and I was really grateful for all the contributions. I didn’t buy any tripod at the time for various reasons but I am now returning to this and do have some news that may interest.
I have had some email correspondence with Avalon who have now made an EQ8 adapter for someone and are happy to do so for me too. I don’t know they are commercially listed yet but they are available I guess. The price is 180 euros. That flange would attach to the Avalon extender bringing the height to 59” which is more than tall enough. In fact I may need steps for things low down!
My only concern now I suppose is whether it would be stable using the EQ8. I’m not so much thinking of vibrations etc so much as will a gust of wind at Astrofest blow it over! It also has to remain rock solid for imaging of course.
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