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Originally Posted by raymo
Rick, you're right about the HEQ5 [and the 6], both will happily carry
more than their rated loads; one member here carries a 12" Newt on
his HEQ5. I used to carry around 11.5-12kg on mine for AP, and had no
weight related problems whatsoever.
raymo
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Every image had equally bad stars (i.e. the same direction and size of distortion) so assume the guiding was great with the HEQ5 (!) and weight was not an issue. Even less of an issue with the shortish exposures I think? Oddly made me convinced the mount is a keeper but think refractors might be a bit easier in some respects.