Steve, I noticed the Atlas pier extension; seems like a good idea for a longish refractor, but I don't have any more than about a meter, at most, so perhaps just the tripod legs partially extended will keep the camera/eyepiece end out of the dirt. I was surpised that you can't find the height limits for either mount's stock tripod, even on the online specs sheets. If someone spotted them and I just skipped over them inadvertently, please let me know. I'm trying to digest a lot of information in a very short amount of time. On 5/2/10, Steve FISHER <sfisher01@msn.com> wrote:
Atlas has a ready made extension for refractors. It is big, it is heavy and it works. I think they are about $85.00 if I remember right. I have not seen an extension for the CGEM offered by anyone.