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Old 07-02-2019, 10:12 AM
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Newts, Skywatcher makes nice optics, but the mechanics of the OTA will need reworking to get it to where it should be. This is where they skim cents off their production costs, but it leaves the end user with performance headaches that shouldn't be there.

You will also need to carefully consider how to balance the OTA as many people forget that with the focuser being on the side of the OTA, greatly alters the load distribution as the scope is swung around on the mount. It is a very different situation from a scope whose entire optical train is in one line, and not off-set.
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