Weight of Takahashi TOA-130NS OTA?

[william123]

Can anyone tell me the weight of the TOA-130NS optical tube assembly WITH THE TUBE WEIGHT RING INCLUDED? Is it 22 pounds?

Thank you. :thanx:

Bill

[scopey]

William 123
The weight is 10.5 kgs,thats what it says in the species hand book.
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[Logieberra]

Bill, FYI-

Fred or Art at Texas Nautical Repair (TNR) are your Takahashi nothern hemisphere experts.

Just call em :)

[Kunama]

or email him at artc at takahashiamerica dot com he is very helpful.

[RickS]

Or post questions on the Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UncensoredTakGroup

The TNR guys usually reply to sensible questions there and you can also trawl through the group archives for other useful info.