Hi Gargoyle and everyone.
Yeah the base is rather large at 80cm with most standard doorways (in my house at least) measuring 80cm themselves. It's a tight fit and you can tilt them partially but I don't know if the vertical sections of the base will clear the doorway if tilted too far. You may be able to clear one vertical strut diagonally around one door frame, swing the base around to the other side and then back out clearing the other vertical strut. You would need 2 adults to do this as there isn't room to swing around yourself. I hope that made sense. It is heavy and usually if the door doesn't swing fully open you lose another 4 - 5 cm of room to maneuver.
It hasn't been a problem for me because the only door it needs to pass through to get outside is 85cm wide which is plenty of room
On another note I've just discovered the biggest problem with owning this Dob and that is it's too big to take with me on a plane. I've just been posted to a remote community in the south east of the NT for 6 months starting in January so I'm really looking forward to some world class dark skies
Unfortunately the trip out there by vehicle would destroy the GSO before it arrived (corrugated roads flood affected and impassable during the wet season) so it's travel by light aircraft. The weight and bulk of the Dob would take up all my luggage allowance leaving me with just the clothes I'd be wearing and a tooth brush.
Anyway, it's back to basics and learning more about the night sky with Skysafari on my Ipad 2 and my new Canon 12x36 II IS binos which should be arriving any day now
I was considering buying a more portable 8 or 10 inch Dob but I would be constantly looking at objects and muttering to myself how magnificent it would have looked in the 16
