Show us your mount!

[spacegalaxy]

After long forums on dobs and refractors, here is the forum to post your mounts. Diy, Alt-az, EQ, all are accepted!

[johninderby]

OK I’ll start with my Rowan AZ100 Alt-Az GOTO or manual mount on a Planet tripod..

Edited February 26, 2022 by johninderby

[Varavall]

 

Here's my homemade pillar mount for my HEQ5 Pro. I can sit on it and it doesn't budge, so guess it would hold an EQ6 too. Cost under £30 to make.

 

[spacegalaxy]

38 minutes ago, johninderby said:

OK I’ll start with my Rowan AZ100 Alt-Az GOTO or manual mount on a Planet trippd.

There's only one word to describe it - COOL!

Seriously that mount looks so sturdy, that I could mount a 18inch Newtonian!

(May I also ask what telescope that is? It looks good with that mount!)

(P.S.Also, you misspelt tripod, you wrote trippd)

[johninderby]

It’s a Tecnosky 125/975 F7.8 APO

Edited February 26, 2022 by johninderby

[niallk]

Smooth as butter alt-az: 😂

[Rolfe Lindner]

Mine is a CGX had it for almost a year, works flawlessly, last polar alignment was months ago and  go to, the object is still in the field of view. 

[jacko61]

My Skywatcher EQ8R-pro on an Altai astro 8inch pier.  Solid as a rock.  I'll need to update the pic soon as I've replaced the c8 with an Altair 150EDF APO refractor.

Graeme

 

[badhex]

An ancient Charles Frank GEM in storage and in need of refurbishment 

An (undermounted here) LXD-55 clone also in storage

EQ6-R Pro which sees no use at the moment

AZ-GTi, my most used mount

Skytee-2, current most used manual mount

I've just purchased a Scopetech Mount Zero as well as the Skytee is a bit cumbersome at times, but don't have any great photos yet. Will post up once I do. 

 

[Space Oddities]

Here's mine! Tiny but mighty RST-135, with the Sky-Watcher 130P-DS. Always makes me smile to think I put a 160€ scope on a 4000€ mount 😬

 

[Pixies]

ooops!

 

[Pixies]

There, that's better:

[Miguel1983]

The latest addition 🙂

Still learning optimal usage.

[Ags]

My most used mount is the AZT6. It was bought as a stopgap travel mount, but it has survived and outcompeted a Twilight 1, Berlebach Castor, and AZ-GTI.

[jjohnson3803]

8 hours ago, Ags said:

My most used mount is the AZT6. It was bought as a stopgap travel mount, but it has survived and outcompeted a Twilight 1, Berlebach Castor, and AZ-GTI.

Interesting.  I wanted to love my US version of the AZT6, but I could never get the tension / balance properly adjusted so I sold it.  Here's my latest - ScopeTech Zero on a Manfrotto 475B tripod.

 

[IB20]

Currently using the mount that comes bundled with the Starbase 80. I must say, it’s surprised me a lot. It’s super sturdy and holds the pay load very securely - love the slo-mo too. It weighs hardly anything, think my whole setup is about 7kg including can of beans eyepiece and finder.

[Deadlake]

Well here is an AZ100, it handles the weight on both sides quite well.

[Ags]

2 hours ago, jjohnson3803 said:

I wanted to love my US version of the AZT6, but I could never get the tension / balance properly adjusted so I sold it. 

The AZT6 has its idiosyncrasies, but I overlook them for the price I paid. I judge more expensive mounts more harshly.

[F15Rules]

Tak EM2s mount, built in 1998.

Similar weight and heft to the Vixen GPDX, and has one simple RA drive which tracks superbly with just a simple manual alignment through the polar finder.

Great build, even the polar scope finder cover is threaded aluminium!

Takes my FS128 beautifully for my visual only needs👍😊.

Dave

[markse68]

My new alt-az mount. It’s integrated with the tripod and collapse down nice and compact.

Mark

[Stuart1971]

My home built AstroShed set up, dual Taks on an EQ8 mount, and steel pier 

 

[F15Rules]

18 minutes ago, markse68 said:

My new alt-az mount. It’s integrated with the tripod and collapse down nice and compact.

Mark

Very clever setup, Mark!👍

[F15Rules]

14 minutes ago, Stuart1971 said:

My home built AstroShed set up, dual Taks on an EQ8 mount, and steel pier 

 

..will that be stable enough though, Stuart??🤔😂😂😂

[Stuart1971]

6 minutes ago, F15Rules said:

..will that be stable enough though, Stuart??🤔😂😂😂

Hmmm 🤔 not sure now, you got me thinking…..😂😂😂

[doublevodka]

42 minutes ago, markse68 said:

My new alt-az mount. It’s integrated with the tripod and collapse down nice and compact.

Mark

That tripod looks very strong and stable, what is it? I'm assuming the mount head itself is custom built?