[SOLD] Celestron CGEM II Mount / Skywatcher ED80

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Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80 Evostar - Withdrawn
Excellent condition, used rarely over the past year due to moving to a larger scope.
Comes with case and all accessories, eyepiece, diagonal and finderscope.
Was paired with a ASI533mc camera and LXtreme filter which is also for sale in its respective section.

Celestron CGEM II Mount - SOLD
Cosmetically in excellent condition, although needs fine tuning to remove the backlash / mesh in the gears. The last time I was using it I had the mesh adjusted quite good but it wasn't perfect and will still need some work to get perfect - hence the price.
Comes with the original 2x counterweights and hand controller, no power cable.

Considered getting the stand hypertuned as it looks to be in very good condition but I ended up with another stand and have been using that since. Would suit someone who knows how to adjust the gears because I dont

Will add photos tomorrow, honest sale, selling as I want to buy another scope

Would greatly prefer pickup on the scope, the stand is 100% pickup only, Redlands / Brisbane.

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Seems I was a little harsh on the stand in my original post.

I setup the CGEMII last night in the backyard and bolted on my 925edge to see how well it preformed at 2350mm using an OAG for guiding.

Did 20x600s exposures, all of them were very useable.

Later in the night I threw on my 600mm lens / mirrorless camera for some unguided pictures and it worked great.

Has a bit of backlash and for sure could do with a fine tune, letting it guide for 30 seconds before starting to take photos seem to do the trick.

Keen to move this on, willing to knock off 10% on both scope and stand if brought separately, or will sell together for $1900.

Attached the image of NGC 6188 I took last night through the 925 and CGEMII.