What's the biggest OTA that Nexstar 5" GOTO mount could take?

[tom33pr]

Folks,

Apologies if this has been covered already...

I'm in a process of getting a small, portable mak (nexstar 5") and I was wondering if its GOTO mount could potentially take nexstar 6" OTA (in case I decided to upgrade in the future)... Are the mounts different for both?

Also, how about 6" SCT OTA? Could you possibly fit this one with some DIY? Any potential issues?

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks.

[rowan46]

The 4 and 5se share the same mount and the 6 and 8se have a different mount which they share. So my guess is that the 5 is at the top end of that mounts comfort zone

[ronin]

As said above the 5 and 4 share a mount the 6 is on a bigger one, so it would seem that the 5" is as big/heavy as feasible for the mount that it comes on. If it could take a 6" I am sure that Celestron would have done it to simply reduce their costs.

[tom33pr]

Great. thanks for reply.