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Originally Posted by traveller
Not sure about the hand held observations though.
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I can almost believe it could work with a low power eyepiece.
If you scroll down to the bottom of the page
http://www.kasai-trading.jp/zingaroe.html , you can see a picture of it braced against the user's body with a guitar strap (
"Gibson is recommended" -
) In principle, this could work with any light-weight Newt of 600 mm - 750 mm FL, using the strap to hold the OTA firm against the body, and the eyepiece is naturally at eye level, so you're not having to support the overhanging weight of the OTA with your hands, like you do with binoculars etc. (Makes me think I made a mistake in selling my Celestron 5" / f5 Newt!)