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Mount your OTA on an eq. mount? Yeah! Need to get your hands on an appropriate mount and mounting rings to hold the OTA.
In the mean time you can do some photography of the moon & planets with your dobie mount. You can either purchase a dedicated camera or make your own following the instructions on converting a webcam to an astrocam under the 'Projects & Articles' section on the left margin. Did it myself & works a treat. Mike Salway has a very good article on processing the images.
Nice to hold out for Christmas, but would be a kicker if the scope needed some work, like collimation, and every shop is closed so you miss out on the best the scope can offer. At least test out that the sucker works the way it should. Is that still cheating???
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