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Old 12-07-2014, 08:01 AM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
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To true , Raymo , I just plonk my HEQ5 down roughly south 99% of the time and get 1/2 an hours worth of good tracking even at high power in my C9.25 , and what a view ! such a great telescope , BTW my HEQ5 holds this scope easily but it is a CF model tho.
Brian.
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Originally Posted by raymo View Post
The Az-EQ6 is much more expensive than an HEQ5; you could get several
decent eyepieces for the difference. I don't see enough pluses to justify
the extra cost. It's easy to plonk the tripod down accurately enough for visual use.
raymo
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