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Had a look at the Lumicon guider and looks very nicely made, merlin66 says its around 40mm thick, you will have to move that mirror 40mm up or less with a lower profile focuser...mmm....more work. I had a taurus tracker last year which was ok but was much deeper than the Lumicon. The problem with it I found was problems getting to focus with a 3x barlow and 12mm eyepiece. found it frustrating finding bright enough guidestars (don`t have the sharpest eyesight) ended up selling it and getting a guidescope.. Don`t have room on the newt for one as there is only 12mm from t adapter to focuser and I don`t feel like drilling more holes in her..
I am trying a side by side arrangement at the moment. Guidescope sits on a alluminium bar bolted to the dovetail between the rings. Adjustable in both axis to hunt down that guidestar. Maybe a losmandy side by side plate DSBS if wide enough for 8" newt and ed80 or losmandy rings on a dovetail plate? would be good for you..your wallet will go into withdrawals but....I would go for this if money was more abundant...
Some other IIS guys should be able to point you in the right dirrection with there setups with the g-11.
Cheers
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