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Originally Posted by Tandum
The initial views I got from the 12" where stunning, I'd only ever had 8" scopes before as they mount well on a German Equatorial Mounts for photography. A 12" gathers almost twice the light of a 10" but you need to concider the logistics. You will not be able to move it without a trolly or another person.
Mine lives outside and is harnessed to a trolley so I can roll it into the backyard and set it up.
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Excellent advice, Tandum. What does your 12" tube weigh? The key for me is that I'll need to be able to lift it out from my room to the balcony which is a few metres, and then be able to set it in the mount, preferably all by myself. I figure I could handle 20kg over short distances. I heard these things were 20kg but a bloke at one of the stores here in Sydney gave me wildly varying figures between 35kg and 50kg. Clearly this would be excessive. However, if the tube were around 20kg, I could always get a helper to load it downstairs and into the car on the rare occasion that I took it to star parties.
So.. how heavy are we talking?
Depending on your answer, I may end up compromising and going for the 10" after all. Would save me a lot of cash too. And then eventually I could save up and buy a 12" to keep at home.
DSB