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Old 19-03-2013, 06:05 PM
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I need to mention another advantage that this little Newt holds over both an SCT & refractor on a fork mount: the focuser I NEVER located between the tynes, rather it is always swinging in an arc around them. So much easier to locate an object this way when it is close to the south celestial pole.
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