Re: Newbie question.

You might want to visit the Orion telescopes website:

http://www.telescope.com/jump.jsp?itemID=0&itemType=HOME_PAGE

Look at the EQ mounts.  If you really are serious about not needing
something for deep sky stuff, the EQ-3 is more than passable.

But if you want a mount that might take a larger scope and for doing deep
sky stuff, look into a Vixen GP or GP-DX mount.

Good Luck!
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"Skymuffins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> "Peter R Hobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Takahashi EM10 or, cheaper, the Takahasi P2Z. Try to get a second hand
one
> as
> > they ARE expensive but are extremely well made and track beautifully.
> >
> > Dr P Hobson
> >
> > Skymuffins wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone recommend a decent German EQ mount?  I have an old, first
> > > generation ETX that I want to put on a better mount.  I will be
> upgrading to
> > > a better scope soon, but for now I would like a multi-purpose EQ for
> doing
> > > some digital camera imaging & ETX/Quickcam imaging.  I would like the
> mount
> > > to eventually
> > > support a larger scope as well.
> > >
> > > Are the EQ's that Orion has in their catalog any good... because they
> are
> > > right in my budget. :)
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help.
> > >
> > > --
> > >  - Harrison
>
>
> Whoa!  Takahashi is a bit out of my price range! I have a Celestron C-8
that
> I haven't used in a while... it needs a tune-up.  I wanted a decent little
> mount that would hold a fair amount of weight (20 lbs).  I just want to
hook
> an ETX 90 to it (as the drive that mine came with has NEVER tracked worth
a
> darn... I like the scope though, I would also like to hook a digital
camera
> to it and my little quick cam and do some planetary imaging and
> constellation shots.  I don't need the deepsky stuff (I'm about $10 grand
> shy of that kind of setup), just a moderately sturdy little mount.
>
>
>
>
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