[APML] Meade Telescope Mounts

[Doug Wolf <apmldoug@yahoo.com>]

All,

  The feedback I'm getting regarding my Synta EQ6
mount is that it's simply not going to work
particularly well for astrophotography with a 1200mm
focal length newt.

  I'm contemplating the (future) purchase of either a
10" or 12" Meade LX200.   Are the mounts that come
with the LX200 (plus a Meade Superwedge) any good for
astrophotography?

  Before I seriously consider spending $2000+ on a
Losmandy G-11, I want to look at the option of
spending an extra $1000 and getting an entirely new
telescope with a GOTO drive to boot!

  Any thoughts appreciated, especially from those of
you that do AP with a 10" or 12" LX200.

  Thank you!

  -- Doug

--- "Aike M. Voelker"
<AikeM.Voelker-Jamin@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Doug,
> 
> I am working with an EQ6 with relatively short focal
> lenght OTA 
> (Newton 800mm f/4) - see link below (there are some
> shots in my deep sky 
> gallery)
> 
> I also have heard that some of the EQ6 have a huge
> PE, of course this
> "low budget" mount can not be compared to e.g. a
> G11.
> 
> In Germany there are some modifications available,
> one of them is a 
> steering called "Boxdorfer" which enables owners to
> use PEC and an 
> autoguider with the EQ6.
> 
> I do not think the above would solve the problem if
> the gears are 
> not precise and if we are talking about a mechanical
> problem.
> 
> I am not an expert, I just through in my opinion,
> maybe some more 
> expirienced folks will be able to provide you with
> more detailed comments.
> 
> All the best and good luck,
> 
> Aike
> http://www.astrophotography.de
>     
> 
> Doug Wolf schrieb:
> > Gang,
> >
> >   I *think* I just got bad news.
> >
> >   My telescope is a 10 inch newt atop a Synta EQ6
> > mount purchased from Orion.  (The mount has the
> Orion
> > label on it, but it's an EQ6)
> >
> >   I've been hearing some very scary things like
> "this
> > mount is absolutely unacceptable for photographing
> > DSO's".
> >
> >   Apparently a number of these mounts have serious
> PE
> > in their drive chain.  (Isn't PE simply a function
> of
> > the roundness of the gears?)  I've also heard a
> rumor
> > that the Orion version of these mounts tend to
> have
> > less PE.
> >
> >   Does anyone here have any experience doing long
> > exposure photography with the EQ6 mount?  Is there
> > anything that can be done to correct the PE?  Will
> > autoguiding with an ST-4 help? If this mount won't
> > work, I appear to be, as they say, "screwed".
> >
> >   Thanks in advance.
> >
> >   -- Doug
> >
> >
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