So, I'm looking into getting a mount. I was looking at one of the Orion TeleTrack's.
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Would something like this be good for tracking, or should I hold off and save up for a different mount.
EdATX Senior Member 553 posts Likes: 2 Joined Feb 2006 Location: SouthEast Texas More info | Feb 27, 2012 11:15 | #1 So, I'm looking into getting a mount. I was looking at one of the Orion TeleTrack's.
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SteveInNZ Goldmember 1,426 posts Likes: 89 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Auckland, New Zealand More info | Feb 27, 2012 12:50 | #2 If you are thinking of photography (which I guess you are on this forum), then hold off or look for an equatorial mount. That would be a reasonable first mount for visual use and to learn your way around the sky, but you'd soon reach its limitations. "Treat every photon with respect" - David Malin.
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Feb 27, 2012 13:12 | #3 Only time I know my way around the sky is winter when Orion was out. I did look at some the of EQ mounts, but it's at $850 (Still one of the GoTo mounts).
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SteveInNZ Goldmember 1,426 posts Likes: 89 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Auckland, New Zealand More info | Feb 27, 2012 14:32 | #4 Nothing wrong with goto. You want motors and that puts you in the goto market anyway. "Treat every photon with respect" - David Malin.
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Feb 29, 2012 17:12 | #5 You can get EQ mounts with tracking but not goto if you look around, but there aren't many of them. It's also possible to get something like Orion's "Adventures in Astrophotography" bundle, which is a tripod, mount, tracking motor and camera mount. I used one for a few months, but quickly got tired of the alignment hassles and bought a used Meade LXD-55, which is an older model of goto mount. That has been working great for me. Gripped 7D, gripped, full-spectrum modfied T1i (500D), SX50HS, A2E film body, Tamzooka (150-600), Tamron 90mm/2.8 VC (ver 2), Tamron 18-270 VC, Canon FD 100 f/4.0 macro, Canon 24-105 f/4L,Canon EF 200 f/2.8LII, Canon 85 f/1.8, Tamron Adaptall 2 90mmf/2.5 Macro, Tokina 11-16, Canon EX-430 flash, Vivitar DF-383 flash, Astro-Tech AT6RC and Celestron NexStar 102 GT telescopes, various other semi-crappy manual lenses and stuff.
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