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Old 12-11-2008, 07:57 AM
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ray, the dob mount is essentially alt/az which you need to push/pull etc to move the scope. It does not track unless you buy an add-on which is expensive (ot more than scope itself). that said set up time is basically putting on the ground.
An eq mount has controls whereby you turn the knob to keep the object viewed in view, but in order to do this you need to spends some time getting the mount aligned to the south celesstial pole in the sky.this initially takes some time but gets quicker with practice
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