Gemini G53F

[J.P.Kallinkoski (Juha)]

The new mount came home from Italy, after a long wait .....


The requirements were, mount should have a loading capacity for larger scopes, equipped with encoders, etc.

The final options were Fornax 52, Mesu-Mount 200, and Gemini G53F, which was chosen.
For some reason I did not get any contacts/offer from Mesu ?
The price range all of them were of the same + - 6.5 K €.

Gemini is promised a load capacity of 43kg and the workmanship is surely good , so the promises are not just empty words.
("Periodic error guaranteed to be 4 arc seconds or less, Peak-to-Peak.")
The tripod is a friction drive model, so there are no worm gears at all.

The price for the package was € 6300 (Tripod / Losmandy rail, Pulsar2 / Hand controller, counterbalance rod, counterweights, QHY polemaster/adapter and all cables).

Gemini G53F 2017 model:


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Mount has some nice features:

USB out from mount and 12VDC in for devices.


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12VDC power out for USB-Hub or other devices and USB in from Hub.


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[Visionoz (Bill)]

Welcome Juha to IIS

Great to know you've got a new upmarket mount and hope to gear from you soon of its performance.
Would love to see more pics of it decked with your gear

Cheers
Bill

[Atmos (Colin)]

I briefly looked at this and the Mesu 200 a year or so ago. Very nice capacity and very low PE.
Congrats on the new piece of equipment!

[J.P.Kallinkoski (Juha)]

Originally Posted by Visionoz

Welcome Juha to IIS

Great to know you've got a new upmarket mount and hope to gear from you soon of its performance.
Would love to see more pics of it decked with your gear

Cheers
Bill

Astronomical darkness is over here allready , but i will post more pics when i have set my gear up..........

[LewisM]

Geez, we have 2 Finns on this site now - soon enough we will have the Astronomy Dudesons

Superb mount - will be interested to see how it performs once you get darkness again. Must be a pain trying to do astronomy in the Arctic regions.

[J.P.Kallinkoski (Juha)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Geez, we have 2 Finns on this site now - soon enough we will have the Astronomy Dudesons

Superb mount - will be interested to see how it performs once you get darkness again. Must be a pain trying to do astronomy in the Arctic regions.

Hahaa!

yep, sometimes it is quite hars, escpecially here 65 degrees north.
Might be - 35 degrees celsius in winter times. Hrrrrr.......