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Originally Posted by RyanJones
I run a 8” Newtonian with guide scope and cam on a HEQ5 pro with 0.5 arc second guiding. It will comfortably handle your setup. My only recommendation would be if you chose the HEQ5 is to get the Rowan belt modification. You don’t have to do that straight away. If you chose the 6 I believe the newer ones come with belt drive.
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Ryan,
Is your HEQ5 out of the box ?
Your 8” f4 with guiding set up would be around 11kg ?
Do you have a finder on board as well and dew control straps etc...
0.5 arc sec rms is unbelievable for a basic out of the box HEQ5, best I’ve heard of yet !!
I could only ever get down to 0.80 to 0.90 arc sec ( best ) with my out of the box HEQ5 carrying my 6” f6 , guide gear , dew straps etc... around 9kg payload
Well done !!