Thanks, good info. I'll dive into all those links on the weekend. The most common setup I plan is to use my 80mm and 100mm ED scopes together on the mount. One for imaging and the other as a guidescope, switching as needed, depending on target. But I also have assorted small Newts, as well as a couple of 5" achromatic refractors that would be nice to mount on there, too. I don't see ever really approaching the 40 lb. limit, honestly. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:40 PM, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com>wrote:
There is a EQ6 group.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/EQ6/
A lot of guys there have and use it and know A LOT about it.
I know how you feel. The Atlas is a good mount right out of the box if your not going to push its weight limits. It can handle small APO's like a champ.