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Originally Posted by Satchmo
That seems like a long time for a 5 inch scope. For a 'grab and go' class scope, it wouldn't suit me. I'd have gone to bed before it settled.  |
Well, it depends on the temperature delta between the inside of the house where I keep it and the outside, so it could be considerably less, but I don't use it as a grab and go - I have a 90mm refractor on a camera alt-az mount for that.
Setting up a 5" refractor on the mount it needs (an EQ-6) is not a grab and go proposition. A 5" really is too big for grab and go. I usually set mine up at dusk and leave it out to cool before using it.