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Just an illustration of the EQ6\10" Newt combination. My current setup ( yet to take any serious pix ). The Newt is a Serrurier truss design, courtesy of Rolf ( Sky Viking) which gets around the sag issues but also reduces the weight immensely. Even so it comes in at about 11kg bare without accessories, ... guidescope etc. The EQ6 will handle 25 kg it reckons but it's still a lot and needs careful balancing. I will soon add my 80 mm Achro as a guider and DSLR through the Focusser. Trying to keep it all under 20kgs. So a solid tube 10" would almost be the full weight on an EQ6 without any extras.
It will all go onto a pier in the near future ...
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