What mount is this ?

[Frank the Troll]

Anyone know what mount this is?

[Dr_Ju_ju]

Hi,  looks like an EQ3 clonei

[Frank the Troll]

Not an EQ3 I have one, they don't have a locking lever

[Astrobug]

Could it be some old kinf of taka mount?

[LongJohn54]

There's one just like this on Teleskop-Service.   They describe it as their own EQ4.

http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p8136_TS-Equatorial-Mount-EQ4-with-polar-scope-and-tripod.html

John

[Frank the Troll]

There's one just like this on Teleskop-Service.   They describe it as their own EQ4.

http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p8136_TS-Equatorial-Mount-EQ4-with-polar-scope-and-tripod.html

John

I think its a bit of a cross between an eg3.2 and a eq5,  bit of a bridge between the two and aka a eq4s.  Very few around.  It is very solid and quite heavy, much more than your average eq3

[Zhao]

Hi, I had this mount about 10 years ago.

The original version of this mount is Mizar AR GEM. Yours is EQ4/TQ4 -  a Chinese copy of Mizar AR. EQ4/TQ4 was quite popular in Chinese market, but now largely replaced by CG4 or EQ3-2 - there are of the same level.

See http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/229887-identification-of-mount   in #15 I posted some pictures.

I hope it will be helpful

[Frank the Troll]

Cheers all

Did think that perhaps a clone of a EQ4.  Does seem more solid than my EQ3