EQ6Pro vs GM8 vs G11

[TheDecepticon]

Originally Posted by Tandum

I believe there are after market worm gears available for the G11 which move it's accuracy into the super mount bracket.

http://www.astromart.com/articles/ar...article_id=663

And I believe there are some available for the EQ6 pro as well. And gears and tweaks etc. And guiding tweaks. It is going to depend. Like most people, me included, buy to your budget. Learn how to screw the most out of it. If you buy an EQ6 and you're happy with the images you get, well, the mount is good enough. At the end of the day, the mount is for you, and if "mount X" suits your needs, who cares what the others say.

[marki]

Originally Posted by JohnH

Or you can add the Ovision high precision worm to the G11 and get the same performance range as AP for USD500....

John, you could add what you liked, a G11 will never be an AP mount. I am not saying the G 11's are bad by any stretch of the imagination but they are not in the same class.

Mark

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by AlexN

total capacity is a little low.. but despite its teeth and worm wheel size it would be an incredible mount for something along the lines of an AP130EDF + self guided SBIG camera...

Here you go Alex, AP Mach 1 GTO with no wait and as new.

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=643278

Greg.

[marki]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Here you go Alex, AP Mach 1 GTO with no wait and as new.

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=643278

Greg.

Just saw that Greg but he wants 8.5K which is about the same as a new 900GTO head which will be available for delivery in a couple months. The new 1200 on astromart is only $1300 more.

Mark

[AlexN]

mark. thats the full mount, with pier, couterweights, saddle plate, extra accessories etc. for $8500 Thats a good price... The price listed on the AP site is for the mount head only. At that price, you can't even fit a scope to the mount, as it does not come with a dovetail saddle plate. it does not come with weights, or a tripod/pier setup.. The price listed for the AP mounts is purely for the mount head with none of the other parts required to get the mount running. So yes, an AP900 might be roughly the same price as that AP Mach1 on Astromart, but the AP900 will still cost you EASILY another $1500~2k USD to fit it out so that you can actually fit a telescope to it and take some photos..

And I think we should really stop wandering off topic

Alex.