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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is
it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
The advanced series mounts are almost the same (mechanicals) as the last
standard CG5, with exception of more electronics. For visual use, this mount is fine with the C9.25, although not a match made in heaven. When one considers the price, you will not find another GOTO mount that even comes close. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message .net... Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
Hi, Al,
Thanks for your post, but my post concerned the new non-goto version of the Celestron CG-5 mount, with the new, sturdier tripod (as compared to the "old" CG-5). Bill "Al" wrote in message et... The advanced series mounts are almost the same (mechanicals) as the last standard CG5, with exception of more electronics. For visual use, this mount is fine with the C9.25, although not a match made in heaven. When one considers the price, you will not find another GOTO mount that even comes close. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message .net... Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
In that case you have no problem. The mount will serve you well. The
tripod is also more than adequate for the 9.25 SCT. Even though the tripod that comes with this unit does not extend too tall (inadequate for a 5" or larger refractor), it is more than enough for the 9.25, as a very tall tripod is not required. My only question is this: Why would you want to buy an Advanced Series CG5 when any CG5 will do the job and for a lot less $? Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message k.net... Hi, Al, Thanks for your post, but my post concerned the new non-goto version of the Celestron CG-5 mount, with the new, sturdier tripod (as compared to the "old" CG-5). Bill "Al" wrote in message et... The advanced series mounts are almost the same (mechanicals) as the last standard CG5, with exception of more electronics. For visual use, this mount is fine with the C9.25, although not a match made in heaven. When one considers the price, you will not find another GOTO mount that even comes close. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message .net... Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
The advanced series mounts are almost the same (mechanicals) as the last standard CG5, with exception of more electronics. For visual use, this mount is fine with the C9.25, Hi Al: Let me add that the tripod Celestron includes with this version of the venerable Synta EQ4 is the best we've seen so far, and really improves things. Yes, it's largely a visual mount, but if you don't saddle it with too much payload, and are willing to do a little tweaking, maybe, it's quite capable of introductory deep sky imaging. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_ Like SCTs and MCTs? Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers! Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
My only question is this: Why would you want to buy an Advanced Series CG5
when any CG5 will do the job and for a lot less $? Hi Al: I don't believe the CG 5s prior to the AS had this nice tripod (?). Peace, Rod Mollise Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_ Like SCTs and MCTs? Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers! Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
Hi, Al,
Actually, the new, non-goto CG-5 Advanced Series mount is quite inexpensive, and, by all accounts, the "old" CG-5 mount was clearly inadequate to support the C9.25. Bill "Al" wrote in message et... In that case you have no problem. The mount will serve you well. The tripod is also more than adequate for the 9.25 SCT. Even though the tripod that comes with this unit does not extend too tall (inadequate for a 5" or larger refractor), it is more than enough for the 9.25, as a very tall tripod is not required. My only question is this: Why would you want to buy an Advanced Series CG5 when any CG5 will do the job and for a lot less $? Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message k.net... Hi, Al, Thanks for your post, but my post concerned the new non-goto version of the Celestron CG-5 mount, with the new, sturdier tripod (as compared to the "old" CG-5). Bill "Al" wrote in message et... The advanced series mounts are almost the same (mechanicals) as the last standard CG5, with exception of more electronics. For visual use, this mount is fine with the C9.25, although not a match made in heaven. When one considers the price, you will not find another GOTO mount that even comes close. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message .net... Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
The older CG5 and the new Advance Series CG5 are the same except for the
tripod. The tripod on the advanced series has tubular steel legs which are much stronger and much more rigid, but do not open up enough for the large 6" and 5" OTAs. I don't know what you mean by inexpensive, but I just saw (yesterday) a CG5 mount on astromart (purchased new this year) for $150. This mount was selling with that lousy aluminum tripod, which means that who every buys it will need to replace the tripod. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message hlink.net... Hi, Al, Actually, the new, non-goto CG-5 Advanced Series mount is quite inexpensive, and, by all accounts, the "old" CG-5 mount was clearly inadequate to support the C9.25. Bill "Al" wrote in message et... In that case you have no problem. The mount will serve you well. The tripod is also more than adequate for the 9.25 SCT. Even though the tripod that comes with this unit does not extend too tall (inadequate for a 5" or larger refractor), it is more than enough for the 9.25, as a very tall tripod is not required. My only question is this: Why would you want to buy an Advanced Series CG5 when any CG5 will do the job and for a lot less $? Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message k.net... Hi, Al, Thanks for your post, but my post concerned the new non-goto version of the Celestron CG-5 mount, with the new, sturdier tripod (as compared to the "old" CG-5). Bill "Al" wrote in message et... The advanced series mounts are almost the same (mechanicals) as the last standard CG5, with exception of more electronics. For visual use, this mount is fine with the C9.25, although not a match made in heaven. When one considers the price, you will not find another GOTO mount that even comes close. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message .net... Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
Hi, Al,
By "inexpensive" I mean less than $500. My Losmandy G-11 cost over $2,000, so the CG-5 seems awfully inexpensive in comparison!! Bill "Al" wrote in message et... The older CG5 and the new Advance Series CG5 are the same except for the tripod. The tripod on the advanced series has tubular steel legs which are much stronger and much more rigid, but do not open up enough for the large 6" and 5" OTAs. I don't know what you mean by inexpensive, but I just saw (yesterday) a CG5 mount on astromart (purchased new this year) for $150. This mount was selling with that lousy aluminum tripod, which means that who every buys it will need to replace the tripod. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message hlink.net... Hi, Al, Actually, the new, non-goto CG-5 Advanced Series mount is quite inexpensive, and, by all accounts, the "old" CG-5 mount was clearly inadequate to support the C9.25. Bill "Al" wrote in message et... In that case you have no problem. The mount will serve you well. The tripod is also more than adequate for the 9.25 SCT. Even though the tripod that comes with this unit does not extend too tall (inadequate for a 5" or larger refractor), it is more than enough for the 9.25, as a very tall tripod is not required. My only question is this: Why would you want to buy an Advanced Series CG5 when any CG5 will do the job and for a lot less $? Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message k.net... Hi, Al, Thanks for your post, but my post concerned the new non-goto version of the Celestron CG-5 mount, with the new, sturdier tripod (as compared to the "old" CG-5). Bill "Al" wrote in message et... The advanced series mounts are almost the same (mechanicals) as the last standard CG5, with exception of more electronics. For visual use, this mount is fine with the C9.25, although not a match made in heaven. When one considers the price, you will not find another GOTO mount that even comes close. Al "Rank Amateur" wrote in message .net... Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. |
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Celestron CG-5 Advanced Series non-goto equatorial mount?
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 14:21:34 GMT, "Rank Amateur"
wrote: Anyone have any experience with this Chinese-made Great Polaris clone? Is it really sturdy enough to support a C9.25 optical tube well for visual work??? Thank you. Bill G. Well, I'm no expert but, since I just bought this exact setup.... This works well for visual viewing. Focus adjustments produce only slight vibrations that quickly damp out. I was set up in breezy (well, almost windy) location Friday night and didn't have a problem with scope stability (atmospheric stability was another issue). If you have specific questions, I'll try to answer them (or even try to experiment and find the answers). |
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