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Originally Posted by ghsmith45
Maybe I was unlucky to get a buggy mount, but I could never get consistent guiding with my g8. Finally resorted to an SX-AO unit, after which round stars and 30 min exposures were the go. Still, based on my experience I'm pretty much turned off Losmandy mounts.
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It might be a bad mount, but if you were using the 12" newt in your sig on a G8 that is pushing the envelope. The G8 was designed for an 8" SCT - hence the name.