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Originally Posted by toryglen-boy
Hi John
That should be ok, although my main concern is what is this gonna be mounted on? Your gonna need something pretty beefy to cope with a 12.5" OTA and guidescope, and all the associated fruit, and i dont even think an EQ6 would be up to the job.
for visual use yeah, but for taking shots, i wouldnt use anything more than an 8" OTA on my mount, overmounting is the key here.
Whats the rest of your equipment?
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G'day Duncan,
It's a 12.5" on a horseshoe equatorial - JMI NGT12 - looks like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkaz...7594183210993/
Aiming to mount it on the tub section:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkaz...7594183210993/ and if too heavy take off one of the counterweights from the bottom of the mirror cell:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkaz...7594183210993/
Have spoken to other owners. No issues. Some even mount a guidescope on the truss tubes - but that's for permanently mounted scopes.