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Old 11-02-2015, 11:27 AM
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doppler (Rick)
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I have mounted my 10" SW dob on an old eq pier mount. I left the mounts on the tube so I can still use it as a dob when required. I used GSO tube rings. I had to pad the inside of the tube rings as the SW tube diameter is smaller than the GSO and the SW rings were harder to get and a lot more more expensive than the GSO. I would recomend a long dovetail bar as balance can be a bit hard to get right and you will need to make adjustments for different parts of the sky. I am happy with my setup but one day I would like to get it on a computerised mount, single drive tracking is ok but hard to set up.

Cheers Rick
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