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Hi Alex
I have a GSO 12" RC which I have had almost two years. I dragged it out this morning and set it up on the EQ8 to attempt some imaging tonight - depends on the wind at this stage.
Collimation can be a pain, although it holds collimation well and despite not having been on the mount for 12 months, when I checked collimation earlier it hadn't moved and that was after it had a road trip to and from astrofest.
I replaced the focuser on mine, I have a Nitecrawler on it but I also use the Nitecrawler on two of my Esprits. To get balance I had to get a 3rd counterweight.
It is heavy, I can get it on the mount on my own with care, but is also the bulk and awkward nature of the beast that can make it a challenge. You will also need a tilt plate to correct tilt and get collimation, I use a tak collimating scope and have got the collimation as good as I can get it without ripping too much hair out.
All going well tonight, if I can get an image from it I will upload it. I haven't been out for almost 3 months because of work and need to get the mount polar aligned again and guiding with the RC 12, its more of a challenge at just over 2.4 metres compared to the Esprit 150 at just on a metre.
Brian
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