Losmandy AZ8 - local source?

[glend]

I am trying to find a local source of the Losmandy AZ8 mount with tripod. Anyone know if there is a local agent? Bintel shows nothing. Teleskop-express has them but anything closer? Or is there an equivalent Alt Az push to mount available in Australia, with similiar weight capacity?

[dannat]

maybe Matt at losmandy telescopes-astronomy (http://www.telescopes-astronomy.com.au/losmandy-mount-telescope-astronomical-dovetail-pricelist.htm)

[glend]

Thanks, his price looks competitive.

[netwolf]

In Sydney you can contact Peter Ward of http://www.atscope.com.au/ he is also a member on this Forum.

[Wavytone]

Glen ,

I've seen a 130mm apo last year on a DM6 set up for push-to, it was a very nice setup. And on Saturday night someone had a SW 150mm mak on an M2, which I had a play with.

In comparison the AZ8 is distinctly les solid than the DM6 and M2 however the reasons I bought the AZ8 were:

a. Two scopes side by side (130mm APO and 180mm Mak)
b. A high resolution encoder kit is available from Astrodevices,
c. It has clutches and worms to provide fine movement when viewing at high power. The M2 DM4 and DM6 don't.

Another alternative is the AYO Master http://www.aokswiss.ch/ayo/ayomaster/main_ayomaster.html

Lastly the other mount I looked into was the TRex, but that's no longer available.

[Wavytone]

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/580369-az8-with-encoders-nexus-ii-skysafari/?fromsearch=1