Subject: EQ3 mount and 8 inch reflector?
From: "GoldfishPanda"
Date: 8/21/03 4:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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I think I already know the answer to this... But, an Orion EQ3 can't support
an 8 inch reflector, can it?

The reflector is supposedly 16 pounds (without the finder and attachment
rings)...
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You can forget it! Not even a CG-5 will handle a 8" Newt!
Orion sells a much lager mount for $799, that would do just fine.

Nothing worse than a under mounted scope...

Chas P.