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Old 03-09-2012, 09:51 AM
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The balancing on the mount should benefit from this weight shift down the scope, don't you think? the lever - or what do you call that - is shorter.
I imagine that this leads to the tube being mounted rather midway between focuser and primary mirror and the main weight resting closer to the mount head.

Of course, leaving the unsupported tube front hanging in limbo and being caught by Marc's mentioned wind.

Or am I thinking wrong? I don't have much spatial imagination.
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