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I too recieved my AM5 last week. As previously stated, it feels like a very premium and well built bit of kit. The CF tripod is alot sturdier than i was expecting, which was a nice surprise.
I've managed first light with it for a few hours on Friday night before the clouds rolled in, and was pleasantly surprised at its performance in slinging around the 4" refractor. The strain-wave drives are quiet, quick, and smooth. I think i'll need to work out a way to weigh down the entire setup, as i'm still a bit uncomfortable with how top heavy the setup is, and how off centre that weight can be when pointing straight up
Guiding was as good as could be expected given the conditions (even better than I expected, TBH).
I had second light on Saturday night, but the sky conditions were atrocious and my guiding RMS barely reached 1 arc-second.
All in all, I'm very impressed and looking forward to a future of better imaging.
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