New Skywatcher AZ EQ6 mount

[vlebo]

Just as I was toying with the idea of getting an NEQ6 after selling my gear this comes along (the AZ EQ6). I may have to postpone my comeback till later this year.

Vlebo

[adiep]

any idea on cost of this mount? the meade one is 750 GBP

[Parus major]

I'm going to guess £1200 up.

[badboybubby]

any idea on cost of this mount? the meade one is 750 GBP

ice seen that Meade one, is it any good?

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[adiep]

You really think that much? 1200? You can get the meade one and a 6" SCT for 1200 quid Meade LX80 AZ/EQ 6" Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope

[Parus major]

Aye but it's a Meade and everything that comes with that. My thinking is this: is it an improvement over the EQ6? Yes, Are they withdraing the EQ6? No. At the very least the unit will have the same base price but with that electronic thing you're talking £200 0n top at least. The NEQ6 currently retails at £1050.

£1200 is conservative.

[adiep]

well thats interesting, i guess you may well be right. Also, the meade tripod doesnt actually appear to have been sold to anyone yet...

[E621Keith]

The Meade has a lower carrying capacity. It's more like an HEQ5 than a EQ6, so it's only right it's cheaper.

[adiep]

Well.. still waiting to see a review on either of these, the Meade or the Skywatcher...

[badboybubby]

You really think that much? 1200? You can get the meade one and a 6" SCT for 1200 quid Meade LX80 AZ/EQ 6" Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope

That looks like a good deal but i'm concerned over the pointing accuracy of 10 arc minutes? The Skywatcher HEQ5 claims 1 arc minute?

Anybody care to offer an opinion on the meade vs the skywatcher?

[Simms]

Need a price! Sell my HEQ5 and use some of my recent windfall to get one of these bad boys!!

Any idea at all on release date?

[Ant]

That looks like a good deal but i'm concerned over the pointing accuracy of 10 arc minutes? The Skywatcher HEQ5 claims 1 arc minute?

Anybody care to offer an opinion on the meade vs the skywatcher?

I wouldn't get a Meade, personally.

10' accuracy, not as good as 1' clearly, but the moon is 30' in size and you can normally fit several moons in a FOV... so a 10' accuracy should still put the target within the centre sixth of the fov.

This should be fine I would think.

Ant

[jam1e1]

any idea if using this mount for imaging will result in field rotation ? assume a latitude offset can be applied and therefore not - but im guessing

[E621Keith]

any idea if using this mount for imaging will result in field rotation ? assume a latitude offset can be applied and therefore not - but im guessing

Wouldn't you polar align this mount for imaging? After all this is just a GEM that can be operated in Az.

[PaulC-I]

Any one know if the new mount will have encoders built in to keep the star alignment when needing to unlock the shaft/drive for re-balancing?

Paul

[wrinkly]

Glad to see the board resurrected but really worried about the 'Fengshui'.

What happens if this ancient Chinese philosophy doesn't like where you place the AZ6, does it blow a fuse?

[E621Keith]

Glad to see the board resurrected but really worried about the 'Fengshui'.

What happens if this ancient Chinese philosophy doesn't like where you place the AZ6, does it blow a fuse?

No, it would just make it cloudy when ever you take your telescope out because your garden is in the spot that simulate the water energy.

[proflight2000]

Maybe FLO will borrow me one for a few months eh

[Dunkster]

Any hints from SW as to when the AZ6 will land, chaps?

[Black Knight]

Around the end of the year according to FLO's website.