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Originally posted by Swane
I am looking at a either a Saxon 900 X130mm on eq2 mounts or a Saxon 1400 X 150 mm on EQ3 mounts ,
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The 150x1400 Saxon sounds like one of the short tube newts with a spherical primary and a built in plastic barlow.
Avoid this scope like the plague ! They are optical trash.
Im sure others will kick in here, but for the price class you are looking at with these scopes, you wont get an eq mounted scope stable enough for good visual use, let alone astrophotography!
Astronomical scopes invert the view upside down, so no good for terrestrial photography either.
If you really must get a low end eq mounted scope I would suggest the Guan Sheng GS-280 for $399.00 from Andrews Comms. For the same price as the 130x900 but with a beefier mount. Even so be aware that the tripod will shake and wobble everytime you touch it.
For the same price, you could have a 200mm dob mounted newtonian that could keep you happy in visual observing for years.