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Well, I spent all today working on the scope, finishing off the remaining items. Centre spotted the mirror, added the finderscope and top-end counterweights etc. Played with the collimation for an hour or so this afternoon to get a feel for it, it's nothing like any scope I've ever used before. It's a real "no tools" collimation, everything can be adjusted by hand, all the adjustment points (including secondary) are on the outside of the tube.
I've definitely got to get a set of shorter legs for the G-11, lifting this tube onto the current height is going to kill me. According to the bathroom scales the top tube section is 8kg and the bottom is 15kg, so it's 23kg assembled. I think I'll have to start lifting weights or I'll end up doing myself an injury :-)
Bird
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