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Originally Posted by iceman
While I have a 22kg 12" newt, plus 25kg of counterweights on my EQ6, I agree with Mick that it's not really recommended as the best course of action.
It's really right on the limit of the EQ6, and if you wanted to add guide scopes etc, it just might be too much for it.
The G-11 is the way to go - Alchemy and Paul Mayo have their 12" GSO newts on a G-11 and their images are testament to the quality of the equipment (not to mention the quality of the imagers themselves).
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At the risk of starting up the EQ6 /G11 war again.
(1) If we go by the quality of planetary imaging as Mike says then i think the EQ6 is not too bad. Search for posts by ICEMAN and look at his planetary stuff on an EQ6, so definately it is possible.
(2) 20 kg would be at the limit of everything including a G11. If you are seriously considering starting off with 20 kg of stuff hanging off your mount then I would suggest something better than a G11.
(3) If money is no issue then get the Titan or the G11.
(4) If you want a perfectly adequate mount that is rock solid for refractors up to 4 inches, can do a C9.25 plus guidescope/guidecam and cameras not too badly, or a LX200 10 inch SCT with a self guiding camera not too badly either then go the EQ6.
I would guess that of the people on this forum who have heavy duty mounts, probably 90 percent of them have an EQ6. For the price and for a reasonable load as in (4) they can produce great images. If pushed by a skilled person (ICEMAN) for example then they can produce geat images with 22kg of load.
Paul