Quote:
Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
I too like the Vixen mounts , very smooth and well made as Lewis says and have the GP's smaller brother , the 'Super Polaris' under my Takahashi Sky90 and its perfect for this OTA , I have even put my iStar on it and it took it without complaint but again the tripod is to short for the long refractor , not the weight , very nice mounts also those Vixen's .
Brian.
|
You must not have the HAL130 tripod then - at full extension, the darned thing towers over me... with an f/9 scope on top. I insist on using it like that too - legs are about 1 metres apart, Very stable. In fact, at lowest point, the tripod is very stable.
It SEEMS taller than I remember the Skywatchers to go, but I don't have one to compare it to.