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Old 03-07-2012, 09:09 PM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
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Hi Labros and welcome , Here is a photo of my 150mm f8 refractor and its a great scope ,,,BUT , you have to realise these are a BIG!!! scope and need a decent mount and tripod to hold them , the EQ5 that they come with is to small to hold a tube of that size , sorry to say .
You need at the minium a HEQ5 like mine here , or better an EQ6 .
But them the tripod legs are to short for such a long tube so you need a longer one to view at the zenith comfortably . This makes a very BIG package that takes lots to set up and more importantly take down at 1am in the morning , .
This is my opinion .
Go for an 8 inch Dob as the next step up from your 130mm , sell it and go the Dob way .
Brian.
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