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Old 04-09-2019, 12:20 AM
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Small not to expensive GOTO mounts

Hi,
After my positive test with a Canon 300 mm lens on my Star Adventurer mount I'm now looking for a small and easy transportable GOTO mount and not too expensive.

Demands:
Low cost, < 500 Euro
Load: < 5 kg
High precision: < ? max one minute exposure time and a 300 mm high quality lens
Weight: < 5 kg

I like the iOptron CubePro which is said to have worm gear of brass. The SkyWatcher allview mount looks good to me, but I think the gears are too simple. Or any of you who have diassembled and look into what's there?

I have made a list of links to small GOTO mounts:

http://www.astrofriend.eu/links/link...oto-mount.html

Some of them are for sure toys. Some mounts that cost more and weight more than my demands above.

/Lars
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