This kinda goes along with the previous post, but opposite. I have a nice fellow making me a beefy goto GEM. Current estimates put its load capacity at 30+ lbs photographic and 40+ lbs for visual. This will sit on a 6" diameter 1/4" wall thickness portable aluminium pier. My current scope is a 10" orion dob. I also have a Burgess 127mm f/8 achromat on order. The 10" dob OTA may end up on the GEM, but it is currently sitting on my eq platform. For the forseeable future, I am visual only.
Anyway, I may want to try out one of those catadioptric scopes on this mount to see if they suit my style. I think the Celestron 9.25 might be the cat's meow. Anything else I should consider? Price should be < $1000.
Please don't turn this into a cat vs newt vs refractor thread or, worse, a larger apertures are more adversly effected by poor seeing than smaller apertures. I want to decide that on my own. That's why I'm looking to add a cat to my kennel.
Clear skies,
Tom
Anyway, I may want to try out one of those catadioptric scopes on this mount to see if they suit my style. I think the Celestron 9.25 might be the cat's meow. Anything else I should consider? Price should be < $1000.
Please don't turn this into a cat vs newt vs refractor thread or, worse, a larger apertures are more adversly effected by poor seeing than smaller apertures. I want to decide that on my own. That's why I'm looking to add a cat to my kennel.
Clear skies,
Tom
