Yep. Once it's collimated, All the back-lash eliminated on the mount. (If it's possible) A decent finder scope & perhaps a couple of good plossl eyepieces, You'll have yourself a nice scope to last you for a while.
BTW try Andrews communications for the cheshire collimating eyepiece. Get the one with the cross hairs in it. You may have to take the primary mirror out & centre spot it, although you can star-test to get the primary within reason too.
You could hunt for a second hand EQ5 mount? That would hold that tube nicely.
Last edited by asimov; 07-08-2005 at 07:45 AM.
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