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Originally Posted by Tandum
Patrick, for a grand you'll only get a heq5 but it will carry an 8" dob just fine. I ran one for some time a few years back and I also stuck a 900mm refractor and a couple of cameras on it. Here's a pic of the scope and an image from it. I did have to get a 3rd counter weight to balance it all.
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Hey Robin
I've got an 8inch SW newt with a heq5 pro mount, but given the mounts load capabilities, I would have thought having the newt plus a guide scope would have been pushing it past its limits? Obviously you got some nice pics out of it! Did you have any noticable issues with having the above mentioned setup? I have an ED80 and although I liked the idea of that on top of the newt, I thought there'd be no way of the mount handling both?