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Old 17-07-2014, 08:48 PM
glend (Glen)
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GSO Newt Dovetail won't fit NEQ6Pro

When i purchased my GSO 8" imaging newt i was disappointed to realise the dovetail supplied with this scope will not fit in the NQE6Pro dovetail clamp. These newish NEQ6Pro mounts have the dual narrow and wide clamp so either bar type can be used, except the clamp assembly is 120mm long and the bevelled area of the GSO dovetail bar is only 100mm and then it becomes just a vertical wall bar with no bevel. So it cannot grip the scope rail properly and if I had started alignment the scope probably would have fallen out of the clamp (it was holding against the vertical walls of the rail thing.

It looks like this one:
http://agenaastro.com/media/catalog/...5s-2_2_1_1.jpg

I will let Luke know about this and see what they do when they bundle it with the NEQ6 as per the deal offered on the website. Luckily for me I had a spare dovetail bar that I could use.

Anyone else encounter this problem?

Last edited by glend; 17-07-2014 at 09:36 PM.
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