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Thanks again people for your responses.
20kg for the HEQ5 mount is massive! Geez. I think I'll be needing a trolley to carry everything from the car to a setup place. Out of curiousity, how much would an HEQ6 weigh?
Also, just say that during a night of observation I didn't want to track objects, but instead wanted to freely point the scope every which way as I desired. Can this be done or does the mount restrict you to tracking only?
And just a question on 8 inch scopes. I'm aware that if you look through a 10 inch you see everything a bit brighter, and that some objects can be seen in an 10 inch whilst not in an 8 inch. Just wondering if you used an 8 inch for an long exposure astrophotograph would some stuff that is invisible to the eye in an 8 inch actually be seen when taking a photo through the 8 inch? Ie, the photo would collect light for long enough to make out the object when the eye couldn't? Therefore it could possibly deliver what a 10 inch can?
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