"Phil Wheeler" wrote in message
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Jan Owen wrote:
"Jan Owen" wrote in message
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"Phil Wheeler" wrote in message
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Doink wrote:

Anyone have any experience with this mount? I'm considering the newest
one with "Goto" but can't find anything on it. I'm concerned about the
quality of the electronics---not a strong suite with Orion---and the
height maximum.

Doink


I'd check Cloudy Nights for review and/or discussion.

Phil

You might want to go he

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EQ6/?yguid=94373086

More data here on this mount than probably anywhere on the planet...

It's a Yahoo group, and you may have to join the group to see the posts.
There have been over 10,500 posts to this group, which is about this
mount... It includes experiences from MANY owners, how-to's, work
arounds, adn fixes. More than you ever wanted to know about this
mount... There's much more about the non-GOTO than the newer, GOTO
version, but there have been posts about that, too... Have fun...


Oops! I meant that as a reply to Doink, but if you haven't been there,
and have any interest in that mount, this is a good place to get it...



Always interested in new info, Jan. I just picked up a new 80 mm APO and
may want an EQ mount for it in time for imaging .. though I suspect any
mount called "Atlas" may be more robust than needed

Phil

The Atlas/EQ6 may be just a tad large for that scope, unless you are
planning on imaging. And if you are planning on imaging, I'm not sure how
good a platform it is... Sturdy enough, for sure, but tracking, while fine
for visual, may or may NOT be for imaging.

FYI, I use my 94mm APO visually on an Orion SkyView Pro mount, and like it a
lot... But I DON'T use it for imaging...

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