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cebseb wrote:
Those are great! I've had my astrotrack for about 4 months now and have yet gotten a chance to use it. This is what I get for living in the Pacific Northwest.
Quick question, do you think the astrotrack can handle a d800e and a 200mm f2 vr combo? I know it theoretically can by just referring to weight limits, but I'm just curious if there may be any other issues that might arise. Thanks!
The Astro track should handle that combo easily. The only issue that you might run into is balance. Because what I have noticed with my 70–200 mm different parts of the sky affect the balance of that contract differently. You might consider buying the Astro track Widge which will give you a firmer mount to allow less flex in the Astro track. There is a company in California called OPTV which stands for Oceanside photo and telescope, they sell all the Astro track accessories there so you do not have to purchase them overseas. I have used a Borg 101 astro graph scope on mine with decent results. But whenever I use that scope and angle it to the left or to the right and it causes the astrotrac to go off balance on it doesn't track as well that way and I think that's why they use or sell that counterbalance arm to compensate for that. However the Astro track will handle up to 33 pounds so you shouldn't have a problem with that at all unless the head that you have the Astro track mounted to is weak and has a lot of flex to it then that might present a problem and that's why I recommend getting the wedge which I plan to get it eventually myself for that reason. Usually when I have my 200 mm on my Astro track I typically try to stay aiming south to prevent any off-balance with the guiding system and sometimes I only do that two or three minute exposure which should be plenty for you at F/2 to get good images. So try it out and let me know what you think. You can email me or private message me or refer back to this post.
Todd
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