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to get things back on topic, i have a 8" f/6 newt on a heq5. the mount handles it well but the shorter length of a sct would be even better. I'd say that my 9.5kg newt would be nearing the limit of teh mount even tho i have seen 10 inch newts on one... you have to extend the counter weight shaft or get heavier weights for a bigger ota like a 10"er.
comparing maks and scts to newts... well thats preference really. you can use a focal reducer to get an f/10 down to 6.6 or 3.3 easily but i dont know how this effects teh image...
setting up... its not that hard i guess. depends on what you want to do. just looking at stuff you can get by with a rough alignment.
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