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Originally Posted by gbeal
Gawd, it is huge. Hope you reinforced the corrector plate, LOL.
Gary
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It does look big on the pics doesn't it, mostly because of the perspective. It is heavier than the QHY8. I took these with my mobile phone
Although you're right, I googled many horror stories of broken corrector plates with fastars
. That's why mine is snug deep into the solid dew shield and the cables have also enough slack to be pulled on without pulling on the camera... s**t does happen
. I'm still to work out a practical system for all this though because it needs to be collimated everytime you use it. I don't have an observatory or permanent set-up.
I need to use it before I can refine the installation. But a solid aluminium cylindrical cage with spider vanes is definitely on the works. It will fit inside the dew shield. I've already drilled and tapped the front of the scope last night. Nothing better to do with the weather of late.
