Luis.E
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Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 280
Loc: Portugal
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I´m in the market to buy another scope.
Recent problems with my back, mak a painfull job to haul my 30 kgs 10" lightbridge even in small parts.
So i´m thinking buy a 8 inch reflector, i want some aparture.. I saw this add: http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/MOUNTS/gsomount.html
I think this mount is not so stable with that scope, but they sell it with the reflector that weights about 7kgs.
What is your opinion.
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" we're just a chemical scum " Stephen Hawking.
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morden8uk
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Reged: 03/01/05
Posts: 473
Loc: Southampton, England
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I'm looking at this mount for my Orion Optics 8" f6.. OO said its no problem
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Orion Optics [UK] SPX200 8" f6 Newtonian
Celestron ED80 f7 Refractor
EQ5 with DK3 photo drives on a steel leg tripod
* 7mm Antares Ortho *
* 10.5mm Research Grade Ortho
* 12.5mm Smart Astro SPL *
* 20mm Parks Gold *
* 25mm Sterling *
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Rob E
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Reged: 05/20/09
Posts: 1131
Loc: Eastern Virginia
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Just a thought, (I've had some lousy back problems myself) If you like the optics you have and weight is the only issue, have you considered making your LB into a UC type configuration? That would give you one piece of about 10-15kg (guess for mirror and cradle)and much much lighter components beyond that?
My only reason for suggesting it was I went from a 10" Dob to a smaller aperture for a while with my back and my car size being factors. I missed the aperture every time I looked in the EP. Obviously by my Sig below you can see I ended up going back in the opposite direction due to the withdrawals.
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Rob E.
Some of us are actually paid to be funny.
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Orion 120ST
Orion Starmax 127
Baader Planetarium Hyperions
Zhumell SWA EP's
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Djarum
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Reged: 03/12/09
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I asked this question in a similar thread for the skywatcher aZ mount. The issue may be is that the scope would hit the tripod legs or the center mount when moving the scope toward the zenith. I've heard this is an issue for the skywatcher 150n on the az mount.
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Celestron Astromaster 130eq with a 60mm finderscope
Bushnell Legend 10x50
TMB planetary 5mm EP
Enhanced Wide Angle 6mm EP
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Luis.E
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Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 280
Loc: Portugal
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I prefer not to mess with the LB, if i need ot sell it, then the value would be worse. The optics are ok, not the best, but ok.
This is my largest scope, my previous one was a Skywatcher 8" f5 reflector with excelent optics, i get lucky. So the downgrade is not something that worried me.
8 inch is the minimum for what i like observe, and i had so much fun with the skywatcher.
The Orion optics has a upgrade for 1/10 lambda, the optics would be better that my LB for shore. The mount is my main concern. I own a Giro II with a Manfrotto 028 tripod, and maybe doesn´t justify buy the Voyeger.
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morden8uk
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Reged: 03/01/05
Posts: 473
Loc: Southampton, England
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NOw you see.. if you have a Giro that could be all you need ?. this is option 2 for me, but tripod leg clearence still seems an issue
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Orion Optics [UK] SPX200 8" f6 Newtonian
Celestron ED80 f7 Refractor
EQ5 with DK3 photo drives on a steel leg tripod
* 7mm Antares Ortho *
* 10.5mm Research Grade Ortho
* 12.5mm Smart Astro SPL *
* 20mm Parks Gold *
* 25mm Sterling *
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Luis.E
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Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 280
Loc: Portugal
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yes tripod leges would be a problem but i think i can live with that.
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" we're just a chemical scum " Stephen Hawking.
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mclewis1
Thread Killer
Reged: 02/25/06
Posts: 3948
Loc: New Brunswick, Canada
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If clearance with the legs remains a problem you can use the Orion SVP 16" extension with the Voyager but that might get a bit expensive with shipping to Europe. Perhaps there is another source for SVP/CG-5 tripod pier extensions? You just don't want one sized for the Atlas/EQ-6, the mounting is different.
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Mark
C11, C6, APM/TMB115, and AT80ED - Tandem mount CGE and CG-5A, WO EZ-Touch and AT Voyager
25x100s and 8x56s, T-Mount Light, Mark 1 eyeballs - Modded 350D, DSI-P, SPC900, Mallincam
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morden8uk
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Reged: 03/01/05
Posts: 473
Loc: Southampton, England
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Also just to add to our problems here. I called Orion Optics and they don't have any stock left... they are due to be back in stock 50-60 days time....
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Orion Optics [UK] SPX200 8" f6 Newtonian
Celestron ED80 f7 Refractor
EQ5 with DK3 photo drives on a steel leg tripod
* 7mm Antares Ortho *
* 10.5mm Research Grade Ortho
* 12.5mm Smart Astro SPL *
* 20mm Parks Gold *
* 25mm Sterling *
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dvb
different Syndrome.
Reged: 06/18/05
Posts: 3022
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I have an 8" Vixen f/4 reflector mounted on a Voyager - nice combination!
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EQ6 Pro "Matilda"
AT Voyager
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