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Eric,
That's an interesting point you make about planetary vs deep sky - I would have guessed the very long focal length required for planetary to get a reasonable image scale would demand good tracking but I guess this is compensated for by the shorter exposure time.
How much weight do you have on the EQ6? Do you have a view of the merits of stacking the guide scope on top of the Newt vs side by side? I can balance it up with 4 standard EQ6 counterweights in the SBS configuration as the weight of the OTA's is kept close to the mount.
Matt,
I had always interpreted the load capacity as that of the optical gear - not including the counterweights - if you are meant to include the counter weights then we are going a long way past the published capacity of the EQ6 in these examples.
Anthony - what mods have you made to the EQ6 - it looks like the counterweight bar is heavier than the standard on in your pic. I'm assuming the bearings and gears were as supplied or have you beefed these up some how?
Peter.
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