Celestron flavours

bob wrote:
That would be disappointing, since Celestron sells the 9.25 on an EQ-5
mount. If the mount is not up to the task, they shouldn't sell it as a
package.



To put this into perspective, I actually had no major grievances using
the C9.25 on an older Celestron/Vixen GP mount with wood legs and manual
slow motion controls (no motors) for globular and galaxy observing (180x
and 97x). (It was certainly easier to carry out fully assembled than
with the AS-CG5.)

Now consider that the AS series CG5 is more robust than the old, tried
and true Vixen GP. It's plenty enough mount for the C9.25 for visual
deep sky use.

For planets it would be nice to have a motorized focuser for powers over
200x to reduce vibrations while critical focusing, but that's almost
always true without _over-mounting_ any scope.

I also had the C9.25 up on a G11 and it was rock solid (aka over mounted
for visual, and well matched for imaging).

The C11 on the other hand is certainly over the limit for sensible use
on the AS-CG5, except maybe at low powers.