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Originally Posted by astro744
An EQ5 non-GOTO version with RA drive only or RA/DEC drives is all you need. They come up for sale used at times in the classifieds. An AZ5 is fine if you don’t want tracking. Many think you need GOTO for tracking which is not the case as a simple RA motor and polar aligned equatorial mount is all you need.
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Thank you - this seems very good advice. Yes, a RA/AZ mount would be easy to use, and maybe quite appropriate for my purposes. But I do like the use of an equatorial mount; polar aligned, which does make tracking easier. I'll keep my eyes open!