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Originally Posted by Atmos
It looks a tiny bit chunkier than the Atlas! Pretty sure I don’t have the back focus to use one but it sure would be nice at times to have the auto rotator function.
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Yep, it's a lot bigger than an Atlas. The back focus is about the same as using a rotator and focuser with an adapter each side and one joining them together. The beauty of it though is a reduction of two cables in the mix.
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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
Wow  looks like it would weigh more than my scope
Automatic field rotation would be a dream come true 
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It's not light, but using an AO with a narrow field of view requires the use of a rotator.
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Originally Posted by xelasnave
As I opened this thread it started to rain.
Alex
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Funnily here it has been clear since it arrived. Though it will be a month or so until I do final commissioning of this system. I need to do wiring, testing of all the components together before driving it down to the observatory and putting the whole system on the mount. So it might rain then.