Aperture Fever.

[Guest]

Over the last few years I have changed my telescopes for smaller, manageable size telescopes. But aperture Fever is knocking on the door. I have a lovely eight inch F4. 5 Newtonian which gives nice views. I was tempted buy a larger Newtonian. But tube length would be an issue perhaps. Last winter I looked at the Orion Nebula through a Celestron C 11. I thought that the view was fantastic. I know that the C11's are usually fork mounted and the combined weight would be too much for my liking. But I am thinking of the possibility of mounting a C11 on my Altair Sabre and counter weights for purely visual. Would this setup work? Any thoughts would be welcome. 

Edited October 5, 2019 by Guest
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[John]

From my short experience of the Sabre mount (a mk II) I don't think it would make a good mount for a C11 in all honesty. It would hold the scope (ie not break) but the long focal length and narrow field of view will make actually using it to observe a chore I think. The new AZ100 might do the trick though

[Stu]

I would agree. I used a C925 on an Ercole quite a few times and don't think I would have wanted to go bigger or narrower field of view on that mount.

[Knighty2112]

A Skytee2 should cope nicely with your scopes, and give you better control. I picked up a great 2nd hand one up the other weekend like new. I’ve gone back to a Skytee2 (sold the previous one earlier on this year) from a Sabre mount, mostly as I miss the slow mo control on the mount. Currently using my Skywatcher 10” newt on the mount with either one of my 2 ‘fracs (short and long). The AZ-100 John mentions looks great, but comes at quite a price it seems once it gets released after John’s testing is done.

[Highburymark]

C9.25 is still a very nice and capable telescope Martin - but quite a bit easier to handle than a C11 if you’re looking at an alt-az mount. Lot of people think it’s the best compromise between aperture and practicality among the SCTs.