CELESTRON CG-5 any good???

[Cola (Australia)]

I am new in Astrophotography... I would like to know if this http://www.binostore.com/en/accessor...terized-mount/

Celestron CG5 any good?? has anyone use this and happy with it when taking photos in long exposure. Does this have a goto.. any info is great!! Thanks!

[sheeny (Al)]

It depends a lot of what sort of astrophotography you want to do and what equipment you are going to hang off it.

I previously owned a CG-5 with a C8 on it. Perfectly OK with that scope on it for lunar and planetary work, maybe even for deepsky objects with an off axis guider, but IMHO it would struggle with a C8 and a guide scope. With an ED80, say, and a guide scope, it should be OK.

Al.

[Cola (Australia)]

Thanks for replying... I have a 80ED telescope, that I would love to take deep sky image from my canon 60D.. if this not the sort of mount I need, I will find something better.. I have a Sky watcher Star Adventurer Tracker, I can't put my telescope on there.. it's too heavy.. it only allow to have 5kg limit on the tracker.. The Telescope weights about under 3kg.. plus the camera body which is about. 657grams.. (I am guessing) I would love to use that on the tracker.. but I don't want to stress it.. reason why I am looking for a mount that does the same thing..
Thank you

[raymo]

Until you get the mount you could use the S.A.T. 3.5kg is fine.
raymo

[Cola (Australia)]

I thought my calculation would be ok.. of having the Star Adv Tracker with the 80ED telescope.. I was weighing myself on the scale, then re-weigh myself again with the telescope, body of the camera on my neck and ball head. it was over 5 kg.. I thought.. ahhhh.. it's too much! Has anyone used it on a Star Adv Tracker with the 80ED Sky watcher telescope?

I was concern of the Star Tracker holding it.. and not to use the counter weight, as it will over stress the tracker.. .. I have to find a ball head with a long plate.. hopefully it might do the job!?