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Old 12-11-2010, 05:01 PM
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Mounts - the expensive ones

Here i sit, broken hearted, paid a penny and only....... have several things on my mind. one of them is this:

of the mounts out there what are the pro's and cons of the following from users that actually do have them:
  • Losmandy Titan with gemini
  • Astrophysics 1200
  • Celestron CGE pro
  • Takahashi em500
  • Takahashi Em400

really i am after bang for bucks, with the US dollar being at parity some things are looking more "affordable"

i was dabbling in getting a loan and going the full paramount ME and getting the dome fully automated - then i woke up from my impending death by fireing squad by SWMBO. So i am resigned to the fact that i will be getting the automated dome rotation, but as to the upgrading of my mount????

There are options abound - some include the Titan at an attractive price of under 8K with the new gemini with a payload capacity of 45kg, I have seen the celestron mount around this price as well, and more fuel to the fire is that the astrophysics mount comes into the frey - though it might have to be delivered to someone in the US then shipped over later
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