Szaki wrote:
"Stephen Paul" wrote in message
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Szaki wrote:

Why you had to move the goto to your GP mount?
Not happy with the Celestron GT?

I didn't "have" to move the GoTo to the GP. The price on the AS-GT mount
was too good to resist, and having the GP, I figured why use the clone
when I can use the original?


All these cheap goto systems, that Mead or Celestron makes uses standard
DC motors, vs. SS2K use stepping motors, lot more accurate. For example,
I can be over 100x power or more and slew from one object to another and
they all come into my eyepiece field view. SS2K even locate objects on
the Moon, after proper alignment, controler has the database too.

Well, like I said, "if the Nexstar system will meet your needs."

If you have an EQ5/CG5 with clock drive, you can pick up an AS-GT for $600
(say), sell your current CG5 and clock drive for $250, and get the GoTo,
and that lovely 2" steel leg tripod, for $350.

The cost of the SS2K is going to run between $750 and $1100. If you can
justify that expense. Go for it. :-)


Don't have to go for it, all ready have. (o:
When I started out in Astronomy use to do the same, swap parts, fix this,
change that, ATM parts, just too time consuming.
I buy quality and be a happy camper. If I don't want it, sell it.
I use to own a CG-5, sold it very quick.
Seems, you're still experimenting.

Julius


Just to clarify, I was addressing you and the OP at the same time. I'm
glad you are happy with the GP/SS2K setup, as I am happy with the
GP/AS-GT setup.

The OP has an EQ5/CG5, and is looking for SkySensor. I'm just suggesting
that he consider the CG5 with GoTo as a replacement for his current
mount. It is a much less expensive alternative to SS2K, the GoTo is
accurate, and the 2" steel leg tripod is a lot more stable than any
aluminum or 1" steel leg tripod. It is even more stable than the wood
legs that came with my Celestron branded GP mount.

For someone with a GP, a transplant of the GoTo is possible, as I have
shown. I only wish I could offer tracking error data, with differences
between the MT-1, and the Celestron GoTo RA drive.

Stephen Paul