Hi all,
I'm looking at purchasing a
Guan Sheng GS-980 12" Newtonian Dobsonian from
Andrews Communications in Sydney (I'm based in Brisbane). I'm leaning towards the Deluxe-Crayford edition due to the 2" focuser and the cooling fan on the primary mirror.
I tried e-mailing Andrews with questions about them Friday morning but didn't got a response - either they are very busy or their e-mail's broken.
I've seen that there have been two
favourable reviews of the smaller GS-880 10" units, but haven't seen any discussion about their larger 12" brethren.
Has anyone here got any feedback, good or bad, regarding these 12" units? (First-hand knowledge only, please!)
I'm wanting to use this for astrophotography, hence the 2" focuser - my current Newtonian has a 1.25" focuser which occludes a large portion of the photo frame on my Konica Minolta. I'm aware of drift issues, which is why I've lined-up a wood butcher, err carpenter friend, to make a
two-sector equatorial mount for me (I'm doing the electronics, though).
Thanks and kind regards,
Deimos.