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I only remove mine because it is a portable setup. I think having telescope and counterweights in place in the parked position, (counterweights down and OTA top pointing to SCP) is fine. If you remove the OTA but not the counterweights the there may be stress but whether it is a problem may depend on the mount.
I don’t think there are too many permanent observatory users (especially photographers) removing their OTA and weights from the tube at the end of each session and if I had an observatory I’d be leaving it in place too.
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