Anyone know what mount this is?

[bendiddley]

Does anyone know what mount this is? The head looks like a Skywatcher EQ5 but the tripod doesn't. Wondering if it is some other make I haven't heard of or maybe made up from two different mounts?

[Josh40996]

This looks like a standard EQ5 mount and tripod. It just has the accessory tray missing

[bendiddley]

The head does but the tripod isn't. See below a standard EQ5.

[Uplooker]

EQ4 ?????

[bendiddley]

Found it. It's an EQ4! Thanks uplooker!

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/294414-old-eq-5-mount/

[Cornelius Varley]

The EQ4 used the same aluminium legs as the EQ3-2. It is still probably an EQ5.

[bendiddley]

5 minutes ago, Cornelius Varley said:

The EQ4 used the same aluminium legs as the EQ3-2. It is still probably an EQ5.

I don't think it is as the tripod is very different. The link I posted above explains the differences.

[Cornelius Varley]

10 minutes ago, bendiddley said:

I don't think it is as the tripod is very different. The link I posted above explains the differences.

The EQ4 was mid placed between the EQ3-2 and EQ5. At the time all three had aluminium legs, the EQ4 using the same legs as the EQ3-2, later EQ5 mounts used steel legs. The EQ4 was dropped because it was neither one or the other, the head was the same as the EQ5 using the aluminium EQ3-2 legs so didn't have the load capacity of the full EQ5. The tripod is slightly different to the current EQ5, maybe the mount is a copy of the EQ5.