From: Ray Byrne <ray@in4media.co.uk>

Date: February 1, 2010 6:35:28 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Damian Peach

Hi Alan,

Why 65+ lbs? The C9.25 OTA is 22lbs and is very managable. I used to really sweat with my TMB152 as it was well heavy and 5 times the value. You are a lucky devil having your scope as they are just not available anymore I believe but I'm sure it's your skill and fortitude as much as anything else that gets you the results you have attained. I reckon you'd be a Celestron SCT user if you'd not been lucky enough to score your AP Mak.

;O]

ATB

Ray

On 1 Feb 2010, at 19:32, Alan Friedman wrote:

Personally, I'd have a hard time lifting a 65+ lb. instrument up and down every time I wanted to image. I'm learning to cope with 10".