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Originally Posted by glend
It will be put on the pier in my observatory, so i don't need a tripod. Andrews 10% off sale ends this afternoon, and i can get a EQ8 head from them today for about $4320. Then i could sell the NEQ6 to reduce the change over cost, to less than $3k.
This is just one option i am looking at, others include reducing scope weight and retaining the NEQ6 (which already has a belt mod).
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from what i have heard and when i was doing my research, the eq8 is a beefed up Eq6. it is not brilliant in terms of pointing and PEC and users have had a number of issues. i have had my fair share of issues with the PMX+ but now that it is working there is nothing better than selecting a target and knowing that it will slew perfectly every time with high accuracy, i dont even bother to check that it slewed correctly, i just start imaging. using Tpoint with a bisque mount has been fantastic. if i were you, i would save my pennies and get either a PMX+, AP1100 GTO or even an ASA DM60.