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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Bintel GSO RC12A Truss Ritchey Chretien Astrograph on a
Celestron CGX-L German Equatorial Mount & Tripod is where I am thinking.
Thanks Glen and Martin I have only had a quick read so need to get back to sit and think
Alex
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Alex, I highly recommend putting the CGX-L on a pier. You have this new observatory coming so this is a great time to be putting in a substantial footing (say a cubic metre of concrete) for a steel pier. Tripods are great for casual use and field work but in your own observatory a pier makes more sense (to me), and no tripod legs to trip over.
TPI Astro in Canada make nice CGX pier adaptors, I have one. Email Dave at TPI Astro to discuss.
http://www.tpiastro.com/cge_pier_adapter.htm