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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Allan, you can give it a try I suppose but be mindful of the wind factor. This is way longer than an SCT of similar size. It is actually a bit longer than the C14. That makes for a longer lever arm and hence the concern. It might be a good excuse to upgrade the mount.  |
Paul
I'm now in a quandary as I've weighed the Meade 10" SCT, guided scope camera etc and at the moment it comes in at 26 kg on the Losmandy mount. This is with the metal dew shield and the length and diameter are close to the 12" GSO RC that you have, but obviously a little smaller.
All this is in the observatory and thus shielded from wind etc (Sirius dome). At the moment I'm guiding at a FL of 2500 mm with absolutely no motor stalls or strain on the mount when slewing.
At 22kg for the GSO RC I'm thinking I might be ale to get away with it but seriously it would only remain as an observatory scope. I'll be interested to see how things go and your experiences.
Allan