Thanks Peter
I might change things around though!
I put this scope and mount through its paces last night. Scope is just fine. The mount, while it works fine, it really is too light for this OTA. The scopes bounces too much on it and wobbles for too long after tweaking the slow mo controls.
HOWEVER! I have an EQ3 mount that I am not using and have been thinking what yo do with it. And I'm thinking of swapping changing over mounts for this OTA & getting rid of this eq2 - it really is not good for anything. This EQ3 is a much better mount for this scope. Who ends up getting this scope will be getting a much better set up now!
So Peter, I won't take you up on your most generous offer.
I also have dual axis drives for this eq3 and battery pack, but I fried the handset
I also don't have a counterweight for this mount.
Anyone have an EQ3 dual axis handset kicking about or a 2kg counterweight? I'd be happy to pay for post. Maybe even a 1.25" eyepiece? I've got one I'll also add to this package, a 25mm plossl (I found this scope sporting a 20mm Kellner). Bore in counterweight is just over 20mm.
I had some trepidation about giving away this scope only because of the mount. Now, this is a ripper package!!
Alex.