Need some advice.
Have a 10" dob and have finally had enough of manual tracking.
I am loooking at moving onto a GEM type mount.
The OTA weighs roughly 14kg and a little bit more for the finder and eyepieces. (Haven't weighed the actual full scope yet)
Other than the Losmondys which are out of my family oriented price range, the other readily available choice is the Skywatcher.
A Skywatcher EQ5 advises that it will hold upto 15kg
A Skywatcher EQ6 advises that it will hold upto 20kg
If I add a few other bits and pieces I will go over the 15kg.
My questions are:-
How accurate are the specs?
Are there other choices out there that I do not know of?
For people who own the Go-to versions, do you really use it for the extra bucks?
Thanx
Grant