[Bob Jones]

Hi all

I live at South West Rocks midway between Brisbane and Sydney and am about to take delivery of an Ultrawedge for my 12" LX200 GPS which has only 2" clearance from the roof of my shed/observatory.

At the recent Queensland Astrofest I measured other LX 200's scopes with wedges and believe that a wedge will not increase the height of the scope when parked. It looks to me that the tube can be rotated so that it is actually slightly lower than if parked in Alt/Az. Can anyone verify this?
I really don’t want have to lower the tripod.

Also, I am keen to purchase a Canon 40D DSLX camera but am concerned about comments that my scope is not suitable for deep sky objects. Is anyone having success with a similar set up??

Currently use a Mallincam Hyper Plus Color video camera which gives fantastic viewing on a 9" Speco Monitor. I am hoping that the wedge will give a small improvement here too.

Regards
Bob Jones