On an EQ-2 to the already fairly large tube with its long lever ratios, however, under mounted far. For visual purposes at least the bigger brother EQ-3 is recommended. Just beyond the pale is the tripod offered here, a notoriously shaky construction of loosely against each running hollow aluminum profiles, which are clamped at each extract even at a single point to today. That can never be stable. In addition, the tripod is too easy. Those who want to buy anyway, I advise to the investment of 5 euros for a large pack Vogelsand: when filling the hollow sections with it, the stand is about three times as heavy and comes halfway to rest. The optical power of Newton would justify the extra investment in a superior line-up the way readily.
Caution is also needed when advertising for astrophotography. The photography of the moon and planets requires high detail resolution and therefore high magnification. This shaky candidates can not be burdened with the additional mass of a camera along with holders or even a connected to the eyepiece DSLR; Tripping, mirror shock and possibly even the closure would ruin photos expiry at the prime focus of the telescope, apart from wind influences throughout. After all, it is true, almost tame one meter focal length! Debatable could, provided a more durable basis, be the installation of a camera with its own lens on the telescope, only the tracking is monitored on a deep sky object through the telescope. Here, too, ultimately the weak base prevented a better judgment.
