[ATM] Dob vs Eq mount

[bobmay at nethere.com (Bob May)]

Generally, the Dob mount can be built smaller than an equivalent equatorial
mount and put together in the field a lot faster.  The tube is a tube, no
matter what the mount but a GEM will force you to add a third section to the
tube to mount it balanced on the polar axis.  If you break things down as
much as possible, I'd suspect that the Dob mount as a system can be made
into a smaller package, look at the results that some have done for airplane
travel scopes.
Bob May
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