Celestron advanced vx mount.

[Nova2000]

Hi. 

I see celestron has a equalent of the famous heq5. Avx has low cost, 2inch tripod, pec and all star polar alignment. It's latitude range and aspa is good for my latitude. 

I can't find much reviews on it. 

I would like to know about the mount from some members of sgl

Rajesh 

[Cornelius Varley]

3 minutes ago, Nova2000 said:

Hi. 

I see celestron has a equalent of the famous heq5. Avx has low cost, 2inch tripod, pec and all star polar alignment. It's latitude range and aspa is good for my latitude. 

I can't find much reviews on it. 

I would like to know about the mount from some members of sgl

Rajesh 

The Celestron AVX is a revised and improved version of the CG 5GT.

[PeterCPC]

I have been using an AVX for my imaging for the last 3 years. I find it very easy to use and (so far) reliable. It holds my 120ED quite happliy for long exposure imaging. I have used it with my C9.25 for planetary imaging and short exposure DSOs. Good mount IMO.

Peter

[John]

I owned a Celestron AVX for a few months. I'm not an equatorial mount fan but I thought the AVX was as good as any I have tried. It carried my large 130mm F/9.2 refractor well and was simple to set up and operate. I did not use the GOTO facility though because I can find my way around the sky without it.

The only oddity that I came across was the polar scope which when installed (it's not supplied as standard) was very difficult to view through because of the protruding latitude bolt. If I had kept the mount for longer I would have needed to fit a right angle viewer of some sort to the polar scope if I wanted to use it.

The re-design seems to have added quite a bit to it's capacity over the CG5, which I have also owned a while back.

 

[Nova2000]

I don't feel the polar scope is necessary with the aspa... Main use will be for astrophotography tho. 

[newbie alert]

My AVX id awesome..and like whats been said above,i dont own a polar scope..i use the align mount feature on the handset..

[John]

9 hours ago, Nova2000 said:

I don't feel the polar scope is necessary with the aspa... Main use will be for astrophotography tho. 

For astrophotography accurate polar alignment is very important.

For visual (which is what I do) aligning Polaris through the RA axis was fine for general tracking. For accurate GOTO I think the polar scope would be helpful.

 

[PeterCPC]

ASPA will get you a good PA without a Polar Scope or you could invest in a Polemaster.

Peter

[gonzostar]

I have used the AVX mount for two years now with a 8" SCT. IMO a great mount easy to operate. Buying the polemaster for the scope does save me alot of time with PA 

[Nova2000]

How long can I go with a 130pds? 1min? 

[PeterCPC]

If you mean unguided then this will depend on where you are pointing but you should be able to get 2-3 mins I would say (if your PA is accurate). Best to guide though.

Peter

[Nova2000]

4 hours ago, PeterCPC said:

ASPA will get you a good PA without a Polar Scope or you could invest in a Polemaster ster.

Peter

I only need the adapter. I can use the local clubs

Can you'll post your setup images ? 

Rajesh 

Edit

Does anyone know how low can I go in latitude by placing the mount between tripod legs?