The compactness does relate to greater stability, all other things being equal. However, I believe Chuck is right - German equatorial mounts are preferred over fork mounts for astrophotography. Can anyone tell me fork mounts versus German equatorial mounts makes any difference to piggyback photography? -----Original Message----- From: Joe Bauman [mailto:bau@desnews.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:42 PM To: Astronomy in Utah Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] SCT or Newtonian? A related question, is an SC's performance T superior in any way other than compactness? That is, does it track better for long exposures? Or was it a mistake for me to buy one when I could have purchased a Newtonian for far less? Thanks, Joe Joe Bauman science & military reporter Deseret News bau@desnews.com (801) 237-2169 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy