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The head may be a 504 model
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Something like this would probably work better: https://www.altairastro.com/altair-sabr ... -v2.0.html
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Do not let the spindly legs fool you
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What mount to you have on the M028b?Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:18 pm My Manfrotto 028b can carry a 11.5kg load stability.
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If the refractor was stock configuration it would do reasonably well with one.
The length may cause a bit of vibration, I have used it with my 100
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https://www.apm-telescopes.de/en/telesc ... -f-7.9-ota
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At a club meet one night, the forum club president and her daughter had an ED152
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At least it was not a
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With or without a handle?
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Exactly! T-shaped dual capacity mount (Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:14 pm Not sure what that tripod is either, but that's scary looking! A 6" on that spindly thing... I don't even see an eyepiece tray, which would connect the legs together.
Something like this would probably work better: https://www.altairastro.com/altair-sabr ... -v2.0.html
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