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