80mm short-tube

You're right, it isn't steady enough for long exposure imaging. Makes a
dandy high power finder though, so I don't have to demount the CCD to locate
a new object.

"Rod Mollise" wrote in message
...
I mount mine on both an LX-200 and NGT-18 with the camera mount. If you
need to align it, a ball mount, available from most any camera store, can
go
in between.

Hi:

Why this might be OK for visual use, in my experience it's borderline for
that,
and unsuitable for imaging. Being the penny-pincher I am, I tried that on
my C8
when I first got my 80. Despite a pretty hefty piggyback mount and a high
quality ball mount, there was just too much flexure for my taste.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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