Daniele

Nice setup, this is the kind of thing I have in mind but it's going to take a while to get everything

Eventually I do plan to do some deep-sky imaging, that's why I'd rather buy a GoTo than stick to untracked. Even tho it's unnecessary for now, it's still a welcome feature and in the future I wouldn't need to buy a new mount

The GEM28 is definitely an interesting mount, can I ask if you know how compatible it is with different softwares? I know that Skywatcher mounts are usually suggested also because they're supported by most softwares but I don't know if it's the same with the GEM28

Thanks for the infos. My gut feeling tells me that the EQ5-PRO is the most stable of the cheaper ones that I listed but I haven't found that much feedback about it. The GEM28 seems to be much more compact and modern looking and slightly cheaper than a HEQ5 but I have no idea how they compete. For now I'll keep collecting informations

Unfortunately there are no local shop that sell this kind of stuff. I think that for now I'll try to stick to one of the slightly cheaper and portable options, it's just an hobby for now and hopefully I'll be able to get better gear in the future but for now I don't really need something too advanced. Thanks for all the advice

Yup, that's the one with archaic interface I was talking about. I'll try to browse it a bit and see if I can find anything

The main advantage of the HEQ5 is for sure the carrying capacity, the places I know I can go to that are far enough from light sources are easily accessible by car so portability is welcome but not the most important part. My original plan was to get one of the mounts that I listed, but knowing which one is the most accurate, stable, etc is not that easy. I've seen arguments pro and con both so I'm quite lost. The only thing that I got right for sure is that the HEQ5 is the best at it's price range

The Skymax 127 weights 3.6Kg or 7.9 Pounds, I know that it's best for planetary but I also have a newtonian from a Celestron 130EQ so maybe I could use that too. Buying one of these powered mounts is for the obvious and really useful GoTo function and for the future since I'll eventually try to do DSO too. It's more of a "buy once and try to keep it working for the longest time possible" thing. Also, where can I look for used mounts? I can't access the buy/sell section of this forum since I'm a new user and the other site I found had some archaic interface and was quite confusing tbh

I think that the problem is exactly finding one of those, I'll try to look around for a used white HEQ5 too

Sure does help. My plan was to get a ASI120 as camera and use it on the 127 maksutov I already have, I don't have plans on upgrading soon the equipment so for now and HEQ5 is too much, not really out of budget but I don't want to spend too much on it. Mainly my doubt was on the reliability of the mounts that I listed, those kits that i wrote about look nice but I don't know if the included mounts are reliable or stable enough. Also reading on other posts I've seen many users suggest the EQ5 for it higher stability compared to the EQM-35. Again in regard to the EQM, I'm not a big fan of it since it doesn't use ball bearings. For now I'll wait for more feedback and decide later

Sure does help, I currently have a skymax 127 that a friend lent me so it's not that heavy and performs pretty well. The "kits" had a 127/1500 and a 127/1900, but I'm more worried about the mounts in those kits since they're not too recent

Hi all, I'm a newbie looking for a mount mainly for planetary photography. The options I've found so far for a relatively low budget are the EQ5-Pro SynScan GoTo, EQM-35 PRO SynScan GoTo and I've found some "kits" (both telescope and mount) that include a EQ3 Pro SynScan GoTo and an EXOS-2 GoTo. Exept for the kits I've heard that the EQM has some issues since it doesn't use ball bearings, but nothing about the others so any feedback is greatly appreciated. Also if anyone has any suggestions on other mounts that I haven't listed I'm all ears. Thanks in advance Edit: I've also found the iOptron GEM28 which doesn't seem bad at all and has a price in between the HEQ5 and the others I've listed