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I don't have one.

Wanting a C11 to equip my EQ6-Pro.

Have viewed through a couple of SCTs, but haven't owned one so far. Dreaming of a CPC1100, but aiming at the more modest goal of someday acquiring a used C11 for equatorial mounting. Many criteria are pushing me to this choice, but portability is the main thing. I drive a small car, and it's already quite packed on (darksky) camping trips as it is. Just gawked (literally) at M82 through one, with a 24mm Panoptic, on a perfect seeing period that lasted about 1 hour. The sight was utterly flabergasting, hypnotizing. I still drool when talking about it.

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Yeah, that's the route I took. I looked through a CPC1100 and was blown away. Started my e-Bay cruising, eventually found an Orion Sirius Mount, about a year ago. I didn't need an Orion Sirius, but I figured it would be able to handle a C11 (at Atlas would do better, but it would also weigh and cost more).

A few months later, I spotted a C11 on sale. The two have been on many happy dark sky trips together, since.

For me personally, the C11 is all I can handle, size-wise. Still, everything easily fits in the trunk (although if I bring a second telescope set up with me, I need to convert my four-door sedan into a two-seater!

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Zebra24601

Meade 8" SCT w/UHTC * Celestron 100ED * Celestron C11 * Barska 15x70 binoculars
Meade LXD55 mount * Orion Sirius goto mount * Bushnell Voyager 4.5" Compact Reflector

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