Scope Selection

Hi All

Its been a long while that I wrote here (years) so some of you wont remember
me... other will remember me from ldas (Letchworth and district) as Kev Pye

I'm now settled in Yorkshire with much less polluted skies and want to
return to imaging, viewing , especially major planets.

I'm thinking along the lines of 8" f/6 Newtonian being a good place to
restart.

Question is mounts these days. I used to have a Fullerscopes Mk3 which was
rather study years ago.

These days I can see the HEQ5, HE6, Sphinx, and the Celestron mount that
goes with their 8", and LX75/55

Can anyone with actual experience kindly give me feedback here, on these
modern day mounts.

In an ideal world I'd like the mount to be able to track using autoguider
long term but short term I wont be using that.

Many Thanks

Kev Lawrence

Hi Kev
"Kev Lawrence" wrote in message
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Hi All
Can anyone with actual experience kindly give me feedback here, on these
modern day mounts.

I have an EQ6 Pro and it's super. You may want to add it to your list. Only
down side is it's a bit of a heavy ******* to carry in & out to set up.

Neil

P.s. No, I don't sell them. I'm just a satisfied customer.

"Neil" wrote in message
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Hi Kev
"Kev Lawrence" wrote in message
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Hi All
Can anyone with actual experience kindly give me feedback here, on these
modern day mounts.

I have an EQ6 Pro and it's super. You may want to add it to your list.
Only
down side is it's a bit of a heavy ******* to carry in & out to set up.

Neil

P.s. No, I don't sell them. I'm just a satisfied customer.

Cheers Neil, much appreciated

I did see the 10" Newt on LX55 in Scotland but reading the LX55 review forum
made me worry
Also the f/5 (4.8) nature of focusing also gave me concern.
When I had the 14" f/5 focusing was bad enough!

Kev