Thanks everyone! :-)
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Originally Posted by rustigsmed
awesome work Lee, what are you going to throw on top??
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Just going to keep the existing RC8 and ED80 for now.
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Originally Posted by DarkArts
I know what you mean - I just bought/am buying Peter's C14/G11 .... 
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Nice one!
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Originally Posted by Baddad
Good one lee. 
I assume we will be getting heaps of that wet stuff for a while. But, thanks for the early warning. At least we all know that we will be getting lots of rain soon.
I must admit you have been brave to admit to such a toy purchase. Me? I'm a coward. I wouldn't admit it and just blame the rain on someone else LOL.
What was wrong with the EQ6? An 8 is a big step and heavy.
Hope it serves you well.
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haha no worries for the early warning :-)
The EQ6 was fine but I couldn't seem to get the RMS down to sufficiently low numbers for the RC8 & Atik 314L+ combo. My primary interest is in photographing galaxies, and I've spent months tweaking guiding and trying various things but I can't quite get there.
To be honest I'm not sure if 0.82"/px is just too much for the mount, or whether it requires more knowledge than I currently have. Either way, I figured I'm never going to say "Gee, I wish I didn't have a mount this good!" so I pulled the trigger on it. I live in pretty dark skies and it'll stay on my property so the weight isn't really a factor for me.