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Originally Posted by 2stroke
Yep there dam big its called the starfinder 16" image below. I had a starfinder eq mount myself and they are built that tough its crazy, they make the eq6 look like a kids toy in terms of build. The only issue is the PE and that leaves them only good for visual. They also made a dob called the starfiinder but just add eq to your search.
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I have an almost identical mount made by cave optical in 1970. One question though, what is "the PE" an abreviation of? My mount only has a single axis drive but I have been using it for astrophotograpy for 25 years. Hand guiding with a drive corrector and illuminated recticle eyepiece is not too hard if the scope is drift aligned. I have marks on the concrete slab where the legs go and only have to slightly tweek the alignment. This has been great for imaging comets, eclipses, transits and rock solid for piggybacking telephoto lenses. Never did much deep space prime focus stuff though, mainly due to the hour long exposures needed for 35mm film. I am learning digital......finally.