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I am using an old Sky-Watcher-equivalent EQ3 mount with analogue dual axis motors and matching steel tripod. The ‘equivalent’ caveat is that it looks just like a Sky-Watcher mount, but it does not have a logo on it.
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I have the same mount with GOTO (A Skywatcher I got used only once for $300 from an AMAZING fellow with a big heart and if I spend the time to set it up accurately and balance everything out it's a decent mount for shorter exposures. I frequently used it in the past to hold my 14Kg skywatcher 152mm Achromat (with heavy W/O DDG focuser addition and larger finder plus other crap) and it was highly suitable for viewing but I didn't do imaging through it except for short exposure moon shots (with lots of purple fringing, not actually that bad visually for a blind old goose like myself). I'm contemplating doing a full strip down and may end up machining the RA axis to fit a real bearing. The mount is on long term loan to a friend but I don't think he uses it, I also loaned him a smaller, lighter EQ mount with a single axis motor drive (removed from my original Tasco timber tripod) and he likes it for the weight factor, he's 68. Even the single axis 220/240 volt clock motor on the other mount makes viewing pleasurable.