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  1. I have some real numbers as we have some travel planned and needed to know how heavy my mount options were. I didn't want the wifes bag to be over the luggage limit. :)

    These are with the counterweight shaft but no counterweights.

    EQ5 (non-goto) head = 5.5kg, tripod = 5.3kg

    CG5-GT head = 6.4kg, tripod = 7.3kg

    Super Polaris head (RA drive only) = 4.2kg, Wooden tripod = 4.3kg

    Set of Al legs off EQ3 type mount = 2.6kg

    Steve.

    Thank you very much!!!!

  2. According to telescope.com the Skyview Pro (same as EQ5) weighs 36.5 lbs fully assembled (16.5kgs) and the counterweights weigh 11.5lbs together (5.2kgs). The mount + tripod, excluding weights, should then weigh 25lbs ( 11.33kgs)

    Peter

    Thanks, I've also looked at the Orion USA website, but I was unsure whether this is the true weight because different vendor sites give different numbers.

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