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Originally Posted by mbaddah
I'm not happy with the alt/az motion of my 10" skywatcher truss dob. Trying to observe Saturn at 200x last night proved more of a chore than pleasure. It's also quite heavy and taller than it needs to be, hence I'm contemplating rebuilding the base of it out of marine ply.
Just wondering if anyone has rebuilt their bases for one of these dobs and what their experience is? If anyone has any tips, suggestions etc... would be greatly appreciated. I'm not intending on building anything to funky, just keeping it very simple and basic. Something like the following:
http://stellafane.org/tm/dob/mount/rockerbox.html
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LOL yeah! I guess u have an f/5. 100x is the max I will use for planets with my f/5. The rack and pinion focuser can't handle any more!
I used to use 300x with a barlow an on f/5 (very briefly) but the detail is so low it's not worth it and it's hard to find the planet too.
My advice is get a computer controlled scope and you choose the object and let it move it for you. At least that's what I would do lol... and that's what I am going to do with my future MAK.