I Put 10 lbs on a Star Tracker. Here's What Happened.
Can the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi handle a serious narrowband imaging train at 96% of its rated capacity? I loaded 10 lbs 10 oz onto an 11 lb mount and spent a night shooting M81 and M82 to find out. In this review I cover everything I did to push the GTi to its limit. Imaging train: Apertura 75Q with 0.75x reducer (303mm f/4) QHY MiniCam8 Mono with dedicated OAG QHY5II-L guide camera ZWO EAF SVBONY SV241 power hub Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi Leofoto LN-404C carbon fiber tripod Software: NINA, PHD2, GreenSwamp Server, PixInsight Total imaging train weight: 10 lbs 10.3 oz on an 11 lb rated mount.
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