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Originally Posted by g__day
For a list of GE goto mounts with their RRP and their tracking abilities read here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=8135
THE CG-5 is a basic, low weight mount that can handle 8" scopes or slightly larger at a strech, but long duration astro-photography is beyond it. |
I must disagree. The statement is true only if the mount is not guided.
Manually guided I have gone 5 minutes with an 8 inch and autoguided, I have gone as long as 20 minutes with an ED 80 and 5 to 6 minutes with an 8 inch Newtonian.(havent done much imaging with the 8 inch so cant say this is the limit) You must be well polar aligned though