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Re: AZ Mount Heaven
I've been following the Rowan discussion on CN. Very pretty, but a bit more than my budget can bear right now. Since I have a Nexus II, I'd probably skip the Nexus DSC.
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AT50, AT72EDII, ST80, ST102; Scopetech Zero, AZ-GTi, AZ Pronto; Innorel RT90C, Oberwerk 5000; Orion Giantview 15x70s, Vortex 8x42s, Navy surplus 7x50s, Nikon 10x50s
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Re: AZ Mount Heaven
I was involved in doing some of the "beta testing" of the Rowan AZ100 mount. It is a superbly engineered mount and very, very capable.
For my own personal heavy dutyalt-az mount I went for a T-Rex though. Production of this excellent mount ceased in 2016 when the sole engineer in Japan who made them by hand, sadly passed away.
The Rowan AZ100 is of a similar quality but to carry my 130mmF/ 9.2 refractor would need two counterweights boosting the overall mount weight to over 17kg (not including the tripod). The T-Rex does the same job at 8.5kg with no need for counterweights.
For my own personal heavy duty
The Rowan AZ100 is of a similar quality but to carry my 130mm
I'm a visual observer based in the South West of England.
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