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DS24

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  1. Well as it can be shorty to look for a 2nd hand good mount I just want to stick to ordering a sub 1000 dollar mount so I called highpoint the online place I've been ordering stuff from and the tech recommended the celestron avx over the explore Scientific exos-2gt and he said they are both nearly the same performance wise but the avx can hold a bit more weight so I just ordered that. I know a sub 1000 mount isn't going to be perfect but I'm not trying to be a professional astro anything either so hopefully it'll be good enough to track and point to what I Wanna see.
  2. So is neither the celestron avx or the es exos2-gt with pcm8 a worthy mount?
  3. Hmmm links didn't work and I believe your suggesting different mounts altogether but I think I've head that es mount is an eq5 type anyway
  4. So I already have an alt Z Mount that came with my first telescope and I had gotten a basic eq mount for 99 dollars from explore Scientific that worked out better but it didn't have a polar scope and can't seem to make a good alignment with it so I reciently decided to order a GoTo mount so I can have an easier time since they normally come with a polar scope and can do the 2 and 3 star alignment as well and I also would like the tracking feature for astrophotography. So about 2 weeks ago I ordered the explore Scientific https://www.highpointscientific.com/explore-scientific-exos-2gt-goto-equatorial-mount-with-pmc-8-electronics-exos2gtpmct3-00 however it's on back order and no I'm second guessing my decision and wondering if I should just cancel and get something else. I know there is better out there but I want the best I can get for under 1000 dollars and preferably the best deal I can get for the most I can get. I'm mainly considering all this because I just say a sale on the celestron avx mount and it does look sexy and able to hold 30lbs which is a few lbs more than the one I ordered however the es mount has a belt drive and the avx has DC motors or something so not sure which motor type is best also the es mount is wireless while u need to spend an extra 100 for the avg to make it wireless and the avg doesn't even come with a polar scope while the eshas an illuminated polar scope so I think probably the es mount may be better right? It's just a little appealing with the avgs sleeker look and remote control operation rather than having to use a tablet or laptop with the es mount but then I have ready many people having issues with the avx mount and some recommending the es mount over the avx on cloudy nights. And many of these reviews were going back since 2013 so it seems that maybe the es mount may be newer as well. I'm just a bit confused as to what kind of Mount is the best for the money.
  5. Never heard of ler ones maybe they were trying to make those for another country only. It doesn't make sense because based on those numbers on a previous post if those were for the long eye relief line it seems that this line has better eye relief
  6. I reciently ordered a new telescope and an es 18mm 82 degree eyepiece with it and it's amazing from the build quality to the big view it gives with perfect optical clearity. I'm also getting the 30mm version in a few days. I use them on a es 102ar I just orderd. I definitely don't think such a fancy wide fov eyepiece is necessary and am only very fonf of the Orion ef line with has a very wide fov with great build quality at a fraction of the cost.
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