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Originally Posted by seeker372011
I have never been able to get satisfactory results from Startools …seeing your very fine results makes me thinks I should give it a go once again.
Your comment about the 10 inch being a light bucket- makes me think I should try taking the ota off the dob mount and onto the EQ6…
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Thanks
I’m happy to help with Startools, been using it for 5 years
Weight and rigidity is everything with a long tube Newt for AP
My carbon fibre weighs nearly 30% less than a steel tube newt plus very little expansion or flexure along the axis
A 10” f5 steel tube newt on an EQ6 is definitely limiting with respect to guided long exposures , ok for short exposures I suppose.
Cheers
Martin