8SE Mount for Solar?

[Sunshine]

It seems I have the opportunity to purchase an 8SE mount/tripod, this made me wonder about mounting a Lunt LS60 on it for tracking/imaging purposes. Has anyone used this mount for H-alpha? I figure I would have it as a dedicated mount for solar, would there by any reason why I shouldn’t consider this mount? It seems like a good choice for a solar scope unless I am missing something.

Edited November 1, 2021 by Sunshine

[johninderby]

It will work quite well if you can get it at a good price. Of course you need to enable the Sun as it won’t show up in the alignment options until that option is enabled.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/celestron-site-support-files/support_files/1152120348_1106811069manua.pdf

The SW Solar Quest mount will also work and as it auto aligns on the sun super convenient to use. All depends on how much cheaper you can get the 8SE mount for.