[joshman (Josh)]

well, i think the picture will make my issues apparent...

apart from the balance issues, it's heaps long!

basically, what can i do? is there someway around this? i'm not exactly comfortable with the amount of tube sticking out the back of the scope. this setup would really only be used on faint fuzzies and the moon, maybe a mosaic down the track. what you can't see is that for focus on stars and whatnot, the focuser has to be all the way out pretty much, it's only halfway out at most in the photo (from memory)