Vx advanced goto

[Beardy30]

hi has anyone any experience of the Celestron vx advanced goto eq5 Mount vs the se mount ..is it worth the Extra spend ? 

[Alan White]

You are comparing two very different mount type here:

AVX is a German Equatorial Mount
SE is an Alt Az mount.

Both have good reputations at the price point, but achieve two very different things.

I have owned an AVX and it was very reliable and capable for its size.
The handset and software worked well.
It was a bit noisy when it slewed to a target, but quiet enough when tracking.

I have not owned a SE mount, but friends do and again very reliable,
but you can only use shorter scopes with them, normally an SCT type.

Hope this helps a bit, hope other with better SE knowledge chip in.

 

[PeterCPC]

As above. I use my AVX for all my astrophotography.

Peter

[Beardy30]

Yes cheers that’s helpful