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Originally Posted by badabing82
Ohh sorry johnG it was a 6inch f/5 achro 7.5kg's with finder no eyepiece, refractor basically for widefield visual/piggyback but i am looking at adding another scope nothing larger then 8inch for imaging so was hoping to kill two birds with one stone, 1 mount 2 scopes depending on what i was going to do for the night...i would use that scope only on the mount if that makes any sense this was similar to another post an thanks ezystyles,johng and rogerg for all your comments most people just recommend a eq6 but even for alittle more a gm-8 also seems suitable and it's always easier to ask people who actually use the mounts on a regular basis. thanks yo everyone else who helped me out aswell  |
OK I looked at this a while ago, I had a fixed amount of $$ and had to weigh up carrying capacity vs quality vs portability. I alos looked at the HEQ5 Pro btw but ended up choosing the Sphinx over the GM8 because (at the time) it was on offer at a great price and nearly as good mechanically (at least according to the reports I had read on it) plus the EQ's seemed to need stripping/degrease/tuneups before they were good and the controller was still a wip - the same could be said about the Starbook I suppose.
It is a bit left field but it is portable, well made and carries 11Kg (and they mean 11 Kg) has low native PEC.
I use it mostly for imaging and have an F9 VC200L mounted on it - which is pushing my luck but it works with my Canon20D at prime but I do have to guide if exposures are > 30s.
Happy to talk more if you with - PM me...