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Old 19-12-2008, 10:30 AM
toc (Tim)
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Originally Posted by stevejack View Post
Hi All,
As another forum member just noticed that Andrews have stock of the HEQ5 and EQ6 pro mounts again, I thought I would pose this dilemma.

Two major (respected) australian telescope retailers have told me on the phone that the HEQ5 will be completely sufficient to mount my 10" dob - including for astrophotography down the line.

Even after mentioning that I was quite prepared to spend the money and buy the EQ6 Pro if this was a better option, in order to save me money, both still told me that the HEQ5 would be fine.

Is this really the case, given that everyone here seems to say that the EQ6 is the miminum mount required for a 10" newt?

I would like to eventually get go-to and tracking... I thought an EQ platform and argo-navis would be best, but given the price of these GEM's it seems like a better option if I want to take photos down the line (albeit more complicated considering I'm a visual observer at the moment).
Not to be cynical, but you would have to suspect that the reason they are recommending the HEQ5 is that they dont have any EQ6's in stock
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