Thankfully my (now quite elderly) eq8 is still up to the task carrying stupid amounts of weight. Especially since every planetary session sees me swapping between tiny light asto planetary camera to big bulky binoviewers with 2x large eyepieces swung out to the side… she manages quite well even if quite out of balance. Hmm- is it cheating to consider putting the c14 on another mount after all these years
. Definitely something I’ve considered for dso imaging. Tho sounds a little like we’re playing Astro-matchmaker!
You have skies that most of us only dream of. I think there is only one time I’ve seen the Encke division, and it was through cloud! I was so captivated by the view I actually got rained on!!!
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=200229
I will regularly hit the planets at 450x but there only one or 2 nights in the year when I can go higher mag than that.