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Originally Posted by niko
I'm not sure I understand this statement in relation to the astrotrac
"and it seems that the rate of discarded images should be less compared to using the motorised mounts"
If you just want to do widefields the Astrotrac on a camera tripod would be fine otherwise consider an EQ5 or 6 either will allow plenty of learning and great results. There's always a ready market if you bought an eq5 and then wanted to upgrade
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I've read that people who are using motor drives for their EQ5/HEQ5/EQ6 mounts have to discard 20-40% of their images do to inaccurate motor drives or something about the motor drives not being smooth? The comment was more that if the astrotrac really is as great as it sounds, every image I take (as long as the mount is stable and the polar alignment is alright) should be usable for stacking and I would save some $$ and time by not having to buy motor drives for the mount.
Thanks again for all your patience guys. I really am trying to get my head (and wallet) around all this business.