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New Carbon Fibre Newt
After waiting 4 months for my 8” Klaus Helmerich Carbon fibre tube to arrive from Germany , I finally finished building my new rig for Sydney to replace the trusty old 6” which has served me well for the last 6 years.
I wanted a slightly faster scope at f5 , longer focal length at 1020mm , more aperture and only a marginal increase of 3kg in payload from the old 6” metal tube newt.
A big thank you to Paul and Diego at Sidereal Trading
Includes my existing re used GSO mirrors and GSO dual speed focuser with ZWO EAF from my old 8” metal tube newt
Also I’m upgrading to Mono in about 4 to 5 months so the Antlia 3nm Narrowband filters will be a game changer under Sydney’s Bortle 8 muck
Photos attached
You can blame me if it’s cloudy for the next few weeks, I can handle it
Cheers
Martin
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