mak 127 camera weight

[area51 (Anthony)]

Gidday i have a skywatcher 127 mak perched on an eq5 pro synscan mount all that i recently purchased as i want to get into astro. My question is i want to hang my d300 nikon off it and it is a tad heavy. If i balance the scope well will this be ok and not to much stress for the gearing? I know webcam and ccd are the go but i would like to give this a bash first. Cheers Tony

[raymo]

The EQ5 will be fine with that load.
raymo

[area51 (Anthony)]

cheers for that.

Tony

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by area51

Gidday i have a skywatcher 127 mak perched on an eq5 pro synscan mount all that i recently purchased as i want to get into astro. My question is i want to hang my d300 nikon off it and it is a tad heavy. If i balance the scope well will this be ok and not to much stress for the gearing? I know webcam and ccd are the go but i would like to give this a bash first. Cheers Tony

Had an eq5 myself starting out and that same Mak ; a piece of cake for this mount!

bigjoe.

[area51 (Anthony)]

Thanks mate for that, damn wish i had seen your 180 mak earlier. Cheers Tony

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

[QUOTE=area51;1292177]Thanks mate for that, damn wish i had seen your 180 mak earlier. Cheers Tony.

Yes Tony .Too bad , as its a cracker of a scope for planets, even for planetaries and globs.

Wish you well with your endevours!!

cheers bigjoe