12" Bintel weight?

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

I have been looking for the weight of the tube of the Bintel 12" scope BT-302 I think. Can someone please weight it with finder and all on it please. No mount just tube in Kilograms too.

Thanks

[frogman (Anthony Lord)]

20kg finder and crayford and fan

[Striker (Tony)]

Total weight including the air inside the dob = 20.1046 kg's

[frogman (Anthony Lord)]

OW picky picky picky jee youd feel that .1046

[Striker (Tony)]

Sorry....forgot

20.1058 kg's with the IceInSpace sticker on it.....

[frogman (Anthony Lord)]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA "What.... only one sticker?????? "

[Howzat (Phil)]

From the box my gs-980 came in : nett = 22kg gross = 24kg

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Thanks everyone how much weight for an Orion 80mmED refractor and/or a BT-250 (i think)

Just weighing up some ideas for a 12" on an EQ6.

[Striker (Tony)]

It will work but probably not to good for Photography.....from my understanding a 12" dob is too heavy....for EQ6.

[westsky]

The weight on the EQ6 won't be the problem , the length of the tube will be,
I have used a 10" F5 on the EQ6 and it weighs 16kg, thats only 2kg more than the C11, the C11 is much shorter and has less torque than the newt tubes.newts are a pain to use on an EQ mount as well the focuser is never in the right place!

David.

[iceman (Mike)]

Yeh you'd need to put some rings on it so you can spin the tube to get the focuser/eyepiece in a comfortable viewing position.