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Re: [APML] EQ6 Mount

Alen, good upgrades on my comments. I was not aware someone is offering 
a commercial service retrofitting the dual axis controllers to take the 
autoguider (incidently, I had this done for my CG-5 controller at a 
local electronics shop that do a lot of work for professional musicians 
and they seemed to understand immediately what the issue was and how to 
do the fix - was kind of weird but impressive).

Given the sense of budget constraint I detected in the original note, I 
came down hard against the SS2K for reasons of cost but your comments 
are well taken.

A good tripod is always an improvement.

Stuart

Alen Koebel wrote:

>>Go for quality even if it can't carry a big load, 
>>better a weight limited fine instrument than a beast
>>that can't do the job at any weight. Also, don't buy
>>a mount (like the EQ6) that won't accept an
>>autoguider. This by the way rules out the GP and 
>>GP-DX unless you upgrade to a wopping expensive
>>controller which I think costs more than the GP
>>mount does.
>>    
>>
>
>Sound advice, but some comments:
>
>1) The Vixen dual-axis controller is apparently 
>fairly easy to modify for autoguider input. (Norbert
>Tackman in Ventura CA does it commercially.)
>
>2) The "whopping expensive controller" is the
>SkySensor 2000-PC. It is much more expensive than 
>Vixen's dual-axis controller (plus motors) because it
>provides GoTo (it's roughly the same price as a GP-DX,
>which I'd recommend over the GP for AP). That may 
>seem expensive, relatively speaking, but it is not 
>out of line for a retrofittable GoTo system (e.g.,
>Losmandy's Gemini). If GoTo isn't desired, see 
>comment 1) above.
>
>3) The payload capacity of the GP-DX is much improved
>if mounted on a surveyor's tripod (or portable pier).
>Rick Krejci (http://www.ricksastro.com/) has done
>great CCD work with a GP-DX on a surveyor's tripod
>loaded with 26 lbs. of equipment.
>
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