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Thanks for all the feedback guys. from what I've read about the astrotrac, it looks like I wouldn't need to use a motorised mount at all, which would save me a bit of $ I guess (or even a sturdy photography mount will do). Still, $500 or so for an EQ5, $500+ for an astrotrac and then the scope.. probably a bit more than I want to spend initially. I'll keep an eye out for a second hand mount in the meantime but I think that this sounds like quite a nice combination. The astrotrac will apparently track for just under 2 hours which should be enough to give me some nice images and it seems that the rate of discarded images should be less compared to using the motorised mounts, plus I don't see myself sitting outside for much longer than that in general.
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