In my humble opinion, the best commercially made equatorial heads are made by Astro-Physics, in Rockford, Illinois. Their "400" model is great for telephoto or small refractor work. It is kind of expensive, though, about $2000. (They sell direct.) If that is too pricey, you might take a look at the Losmandy G-11 or GM8. Those mounts are also quite popular and are somewhat less expensive. Losmandy is located in Hollywood, California. Losmandy dealers that I know of are Spectra Astro Systems, in Reseda, CA, and Pocono Mountain Optics, "somewhere back east". Astro-Physics and both Losmandy dealers advertise in the major astronomy magazines (Astronomy and Sky & Telescope). I'm not sure about web sites. Good luck, Bob Fera -----Original Message----- From: nhluhr [SMTP:nhluhr@eos.ncsu.edu] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 1998 8:01 PM To: astro-photo@nightsky.com Subject: [APML]: eq mounts can anybody point me to seme web-sites of dealers or manufacturers that make a motorized equatorial mount head (for an existing tripod) or tripod? My intended application is long exposures with an SLR with medium to large lens mounted. thanks.
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