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Hi Lars,
No, my telescope is not an RC, It's a DIY Serrurier Truss Newt which can either be a DOB or mount up on the EQ6. Built very light but stiff so to get the weight down. Here it is in it's two configurations in early days.
But I now use the Lunt 102mm ED F7 most of the time. It is the only scope I have bought, the rest I have all built.
The R/N 8F8 is the Russell/Nankivell 8" F8 Newt. The mirror was made by Gary Nankivell, now deceased. He built mirrors and scopes for the Mt John 1 meter scope down in Lake Tekapo International Dark Site. I bought the mirror to make a longer focal length scope for small targets but it's a bit of a tight fit in my small observatory although the images are excellent. The secondary is suspended on guitar strings to minimise diffraction.
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