Takahashi make a very nice tripod extension (see photo attached). It does indeed make observing near the zenith much easier, and it has the added advantage of a rotatable top plate for polar aligning. Whilst it does add stability when used with the FC-L tripod (which is what I assume you have), I personally found that this tripod was simply not up to the job of supporting my EM10 and FS128 adequately and switched to the SE tripod (sold with the EM200) shown in the photo. If you are not using a refractor as long as the FS128 and do not have to extend the FC-L legs at all, then you might find that the improvement added by the tripod extension is enough to make you smile...
Hope this helps,
Martin Hopewell
Hope this helps,
Martin Hopewell
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