I have a reasonably heavy duty Manfrotto tripod that I am planning on mounting the scope on. Handles my Nikon D700 and 24-120 F/4 like nothing even though it is very front heavy.
I think I've only ever looked through three refractors. An ED100, 130mm triplet and a $50 BigW thing my aunty bought a few years ago.
I'd love to make it to the Tak party but I have a feeling work is going to be in the way.
Looking for a scope I can basically have setup in a minute or two for lunar/planetary viewing for the most part. Probably hit some open clusters. Small scope for using in my quite heavily light polluted backyard
