Re: [APML] EQ6

[Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Further to Dwight's comments, I just sold my Meade 2120 and during my 
deliberations on whether to sell it complete or keep the ota and try and 
sell the bits, I was convinced by people who had been down this road 
ahead of me that the 2120 is a fine scope and should be sold intact. I 
did that and I think it was the right thing to do. Better to start over 
with astrophotography in mind than tear apart a good, older sct. For 
what it is worth.
Stuart

DBogan3220@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/15/2003 4:34:54 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
> urania2120@yahoo.es writes:
>
>     Hi
>     I have a Meade 10" model 2120 with a yoke mount, but I
>     want to automate this, and don't information about.
>
>     I think to buy an EQ6 mount with the FS-2. I hear bad
>     news about this mount.
>
>     Sameone can help me, please.
>
>     Thanks in advice for yours requests.
>
>         Its is my understanding that the EQ-6 mount manufactured in 
> China is not meant for Astro-photography in one instance I had heard 
> that the mount has over 20 arc seconds in periodic error and that the 
> RA gear was rough. Instead of taking the mount apart and rebuilding it 
> and assuming your funds are limited. You might do better just to buy a 
> 10 inch gear with some decent bearings and assemble your own. Hope you 
> have access to a machine shop. The only other alternative is to buy a 
> Losmandy G11 mount and work with that. From there the prices and the 
> waiting might not suit you.
>  
>     Good Luck
>     Dwight L Bogan
>
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