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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Hi Richard,
I’d suggest a Skywatcher 6”maksutov OTA for this - for a 6” cool down isn’t the monster some seem to think. For a mount that is both Altaz and GOTO, the SkyWatcher All View will take that scope quite nicely - but buy the mount from BHPhoto.com as it will be a lot cheaper than locally.
This particular mount has several nice aspects for a beginner:
- easy altaz setup and use, yet with a simple alignment it will track the stars;
- GOTO functionality,
- you can unclamp it and slew it manually anywhere, then reclamp and it will result tracking without losing the alignment;
- it can be battery powered or from a larger battery under;
- the handset has a tour function of the pretty bright things, useful when the chief financial officer wants a look.
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As Wavy says here.
Having had and sold both 6se, 8se and 6inch maks here on IIS I would recommend these for a begginer/ intermediate also.
4inch too small for really detailed views visually and will dissapoint you and partner on most deep sky..loverly on double stars though!
bigjoe