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Originally Posted by raymo
The HEQ5 easily carries the 8" f/5 with all it's accessories Bob.
If you look around this forum and elsewhere, I think you'll find that this scope/mount combo is arguably the most popular budget level rig.
raymo
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I am a little surprised, but trust your opinion. I briefly had an 8' F5 (with an oversized secondary) and it certainly strained the EQ5 mount that I put it on. My main problem with it though was I thought it was very ordinary for visual observing. Do U find yours satisfactory for visual, and is it also with an oversized secondary? A follow up question if I may to the astro-imagers, are the reflectors with the traditional sized secondary satisfactory (or far inferior) for imaging compared to the scopes with the oversized secondary mirrors?