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Thanks Eric. I was just speaking with Mick over at Bintel Sydney about the exact same thing, and I immediately discounted anything over 80mm as having the potential for too much trouble, and placing too much load on the mount. I'm looking further into the differences between the Orion EON 80mm and the William Optics ZenithStar 80II now - it's down to those two puppies!
Interestingly, the only information that I can find on the payload of the LX200GPS 10" mount states that the payload is 65lbs. Just the OTA is about 62lbs on the 10". If the rule of thumb is not to exceed 2/3 of the mount's payload if you're imaging...I'm over that already - straight out of the box.
I've noticed that there are a few people here who look to have been in my shoes in the past, and have ended up on a GEM. It has me wondering if I'm pushing a bad position, mount-wise, for imaging going down the path I'm headed down.
Dean
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