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Jay Wise
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Reged: 11/21/08
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Loc: Charles City VA
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I have a Losmandy G11 that had a 10" Meade F6.3 tube on it. Worked great. After a windstorm scored a knockout on the OTA I have put a used C14 and 40# of counterweights on it this afternoon. I am standing out in my little observatory scratching my head and wondering if this is really going to work! I always thought the G11 was beefy but I look at this array and wonder. Help!
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C14 on a G11 mount with Gemini
POD XL3
Stellarvue 105 Raptor
Stellarvue 70mm f6.5 Raptor
Iopton Minitower Turbo mount
Astro Tech 8" f4 Newt waiting on a Mallincam VSS!
Too much other junk to list!
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Phil Cowell
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Reged: 05/24/07
Posts: 521
Loc: Southern Tier NY
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The G11 will work fine with a C14 for visual. Forget it as an imaging combination though, you'll need more mount than that.
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If it'll fit on a sig you don't have enough
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Jay Wise
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Reged: 11/21/08
Posts: 31
Loc: Charles City VA
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Thanks Phil. That sounds about right. The only "photo" work I'll do is a StellaCam3.
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C14 on a G11 mount with Gemini
POD XL3
Stellarvue 105 Raptor
Stellarvue 70mm f6.5 Raptor
Iopton Minitower Turbo mount
Astro Tech 8" f4 Newt waiting on a Mallincam VSS!
Too much other junk to list!
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skybsd
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/01/08
Posts: 713
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Hi Jay,
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I have a Losmandy G11 that had a 10" Meade F6.3 tube on it. Worked great. After a windstorm scored a knockout on the OTA I have put a used C14 and 40# of counterweights on it this afternoon. I am standing out in my little observatory scratching my head and wondering if this is really going to work! I always thought the G11 was beefy but I look at this array and wonder. Help!
It'll be fine. I also use my G-11 to carry my C-14 XLT Fastar. I'm a visual observer / soon-to-be Mallincam user so cannot speak from experience about photography.
However.., despite what a number of folks often say - it IS possible to image with a G11 / C-14 rig, and there are some that do.
Regards,
skybsd
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lineman_16735
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Reged: 12/04/04
Posts: 2758
Loc: Central PA
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We all have slightly different ideas of what a mount can carry. Personally I agree that imaging is not going to be as productive with as tight as stars that you would have with a larger mounting. Visually, I think your slightly beyond what I would call ideal but not much. A C-11, 8" F/6 or 10" F/4-5 newt, and 5" F/8 or less refractors are very nice fit on a G-11. I think the C-14 would be acceptable visually just not as stable as some would like.
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Chris
Takahashi 7x50 finder
8300 chip
Astro Physics 900 GTO CP3
Astrodon Filters & Takometer
www.thegeekshed.com
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lineman_16735
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Reged: 12/04/04
Posts: 2758
Loc: Central PA
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Oh btw welcome to CN's.
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Chris
Takahashi 7x50 finder
8300 chip
Astro Physics 900 GTO CP3
Astrodon Filters & Takometer
www.thegeekshed.com
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