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Originally Posted by Andy01
Re: The RC8, it has been a source of both frustration and Joy.  
I love the longer FL - and it's about as much FL & weight as my EQ6 can carry.
I've had teething issues though, I had to ditch the stock focuser & immediately replace it with a Moonlite. Drill a hole in the tube to fit a heater to the secondary, add a counterweight to the front, and finally and most importantly engage a colleague's services to collimate the thing properly using a custom adapted Tak microscope! (It proved to be beyond my skills to do it properly).
So nine long months later, it's all sorted nicely and I'm gathering some quality data for my first NB image that is (hopefully) going to be up to par with the results I'm used to from my refractors!  |
As I suspected. As much as I want the extra FL I think I'll stick with the Esprit for a bit longer!
Kevin