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Yeah, I had thought of this option and once upon a time I had a good 8" Newt on a purpose built mount, but found that you need a really long scope (physically) to get the focal length needed for hi res planetary work. I just don't have that sort of room in my little back yard. I know Anthony has this configuration but even swinging something this size is an issue. So I will have to go with a folding design and I have spoken to Don from Bintel and he was very impressed with the performace of the star tests and the scope in general. So it looks like it will either be a RCX or a 9.25 Celestron if I go through with this at all.
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