Well I tried attaching my 5" newt last night and it didn't quote fit. I tried to piggy back it by attaching it's tube ring assembly to the tube rings of the base scope but the tube rings of the base scope were too far apart. Although I could have purchased a dove plate and attached the tube rings for the 5" scope to that and then attached the dove plate to the 8" tube rings I really felt that weight wise it would simply be to much.
So instead I purchased a Skywatcher 70 x 700mm F/10 refractor from MyAstroshop. At least I'm now colour co-ordinated!
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