Vixen Polarie, Astrotrac, Skywatcher Star Adventurer, many more to choose from. Basically these are all simplified equatorial mounts. The main challenge in the Southern Hemisphere is polar alignment as we don’t have a pole star and the stars around the pole are fairly dim.
The weakest point with most of these is the tripod - if you are relying on a bog-standard camera tripod these are hopelessly flimsy compared to the tripods with cheap astro mounts. As for manfrotto and the like - forget it - what you want is a Berlebach tripod.
You could try placing a wanted ad, or simply wait as these do come up from time to time in the IIS classified ads.
Last edited by Wavytone; 25-12-2017 at 09:29 PM.
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