Re: [APML] M42 at 300mm on new EQ6 mount

[Emmanuele Sordini <vega@ulisse.it>]

Hello Aike, (and others)

At 20.21 27/12/2001 +0100, you wrote:

>Dear list,
>
>
>The shot is a single, unfiltered exposure with my Carl Zeiss
>300mm f/4 lens taken with my Pentax ESII on Kodak E200.
>The lens was piggybacked on my Vixen R200SS mounted on a EQ6 mount.
>While shooting in a very light poluted area I had to cut down the
>exposure time to 15 minutes! The grain in the exposure is a result of
>working with "Levels", e.t.c. in Photoshop.

Nice shot, especially considering the light pollution conditions!
I do have a few questions:
* Where did you get your Carl Zeiss 300 mm lens, and if so what is its 
price tag like?
* I saw already your comments about the EQ6 mount, which apparently is a 
real bargain. But what about its tracking features such as PEC, etc? Does 
it have any?
* Also, from reading some on-line reviews I understand that this mount is 
*very* cumbersome (even heavier than a G11!), and therefore not very 
comfortable to carry around. Is it true?


>Originally working with a LX200 it was quite a new expierience to now
>have a polar finder scope, alignement with the new mount turned out easier
>than I thought.

I have an 8" LX-50 Meade SCT: optics are fair, but mechanics and 
electronics stink. I thought of dumping the LX 50 to buy a German 
Equatorial Mount and an SCT OTA of the same size. But I also used a 12" 
LX200, and while I agree polar alignment is a pain in the @#$, it's got 
some nice bells and whistles (PEC, GoTo, internal object database, etc) 
which might come in handy.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance and best wishes,
Emmanuele Sordini




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