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Old 12-10-2012, 10:23 AM
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No, that is the point of discussion above, between adding around $600 to $700 for the proper wedge and the potential to sell the existing mount and tripod I would be halfway to the cost difference of putting it on an NEQ6.

The biggest wedge issue I can see is that by what I have read, the current "HD pro" wedge is really the only one worth having as the earlier ones are not stiff enough for scopes like the C9.25, naturally the HD Pro wedge is costly and even more so in Australia. They are about half of the cost in the US but by the time you buy one through a freight forwarding mob to get around the distributor agreements Celestron has in place and then pay the freight on something that is pretty sizeable and heavy, the cost and risk starts to look unattractive.
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Old 12-10-2012, 12:34 PM
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Make a wedge, it is easy and will cost you <$100. Way less.
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Old 12-10-2012, 01:03 PM
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I have been thinking about that. If I made a nice heavy one as part of a pier I could use that at home and just use the Alt/Az tripod when at star parties etc.
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