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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Nah... it’s for watching birds with no feathers 
Now.. how many things are wrong in that setup...
1. It’s under a tree;
2. Large metal objects should not be placed within 6m eiether side under powerlines;
3. Cradle should be horizontal, not pointing at the pole;
4. Tripod has skinny wheels that will sink into grass;
5. The mass of the OTA exceeds international standards for a safe one-man lift; |
Then forget about a C14, which is usually lifted manually on the EQ8 or heavier mount.
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Originally Posted by Wavytone
6. No handles or straps to make it safe and easy to lift:
7. Working at height without appropriate safety controls; fall from that thing is likely to result in permanent injury or death.
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The 'worker' should be tied up / chained to a safety cable when working on a high platform.
I am lucky that even my large aperture scope (40cm Dob) is just grab&go, just put the wheelcart under it and drag it outside. And a 40cm Dob is easier to handle than a refractor of only half that aperture.
Even the 10cm Polarex from the 1970s on a mount is a monster compared to a 40cm f/4.5 Dob.
And my portable 11cm refractor is easy to bring along on trips like now in Oz.