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Old 16-08-2009, 06:14 PM
phelophus (Manuel Garcia)
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Originally Posted by andrew2008 View Post
The CG5 ASGT should be fine for a C8 shouldnt it? Rated at similar weight carrying as a HEQ5 and has 2" compared with 1 3/4" tripod legs. Have seen plenty of people with a C8 and 80mm guidescope on CG5 on cloudy nights. Not saying that is ideal though but people are guiding with it and getting up to 5 min subs.
Thanks Andrew. If is the cheapest option, I think I will opt to buy one of these mounts. I would like to find somebody selling it under 500. I posted a message in the trade/wanted thread.

I used my little brother as mount but is not the same
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