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Old 20-October-2006, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by skrap1r0n View Post

If one was going to purchase an equitorial mount for an XT-10, capable of tracking and supporting long exposures, what mount would you recommend?
Pricey, but I'd go with an equatorial platform.

To put a 10 inch Newt on an EQ mount take really beefy hardware.

Edited to add:

It might depend on whether the telescope has to be portable or if it can be installed permanently.
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