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Originally Posted by Dennis G
A question I missed to ask. What is the difference between a EQ 5 and a CG5 mount or put another way what is a CG5 mount.
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Hi Dennis,
The CG5 mount is fairly similar to a Synta/Skywatcher HEQ5Pro. Same weight rating, and both goto mounts. Celestron do actually offer a mount which is comparable with the EQ6Pro now as well. It's called the CGEM mount, and Andrews have them listed at the bottom of the CAT section. Quite a bit more expensive than the SGT (CG5) version of course.
It is worth mentioning that there are at least 3 versions of CG5 mount floating around, and the newest version of these is more stable than older versions (and has 2" tripod legs). I would actually be surprised if you couldn't do some reasonable imaging with a C8 on one of these newer CG5's - but I have no experience.
The tracking on these mounts is very good generally, if your alignment setup is good. I would expect subs of a minute or 2 would be quite achievable without guiding - but again no experience.
I don't know if the C8 is available in CF. The 9.25 certainly is, but you will pay more.