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[Roy Challen]

Gratuitous shot of two of my mounts. Up front is my Vixen Polaris (shameless plug - it's for sale). Behind is my Takahashi 90S, supporting my f/16 Skylight. Although it doesn't look it, the counterweight for the Tak weighs almost as much as the entire Polaris setup.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Roy Challen

[CCD-Freak]

My other mount is an old Celestron CI-700.  It is a great mount for visual and it is also quite at home imaging as well.

[tom.yates]

Losmandy titan and G11

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Very vanilla but they all get used...

Celestron AVX:

 

Sky-Watcher AZGTI:

 

Sky-Watcher AZ5:

 

...plus a Manfrotto monopod and trigger grip 😀:

Edited June 7, 2022 by ScouseSpaceCadet

[markse68]

1 hour ago, tom.yates said:

Losmandy titan and G11

I had no Idea the Titan was so massive! It dwarfs the G11! Here’s my G11- I did a tucked in motor conversion like on your Titan (but in miniature obvs 😉)

[Miguel1983]

On 12/05/2022 at 19:32, CCD-Freak said:

My other mount is an old Celestron CI-700.  It is a great mount for visual and it is also quite at home imaging as well.

 

Love to hear about your experience with this telescope. 🙂

[CCD-Freak]

The old CI-700 is not GoTo but I do have encoders and a DSC interface for pointing.  The guiding tends to be quite good and it handles the 150mm Hyper Newt with no strain.

 

Edited June 11, 2022 by CCD-Freak
added image

[Stuart1971]

9 minutes ago, CCD-Freak said:

The old CI-700 is not GoTo but I do have encoders and a DSC interface for pointing.  The guiding tends to be quite good and it handles the 150mm Hyper Newt with no strain.

 

Nice Images, very sharp….👍🏼

Edited June 11, 2022 by Stuart1971

[900SL]

My first goto mount. Very impressed with this so far. Plug and play with ASI Air Pro. 

[Stephenstargazer]

This is my own latest mount,.A combination of Vixen AP modules, custom plates, digital encoders and a DSC. For travel and as grab and go with FS60CB or Questar.

Light, compact push to Alt - Az with slowmotions and no external power required with DSC and Sky Safari.

[Stu]

Posted elsewhere recently, but thought I would pop this in here for the record.

This being my Unitron 114 AltAz mount, bought off eBay some time back. It’s a really lovely piece of engineering, and I’ve fitted a couple of vixen saddles to it so I can mount with the FS60C or FC76DCU/Q to it easily. It has become an accepted corner piece in the lounge now and looks very nice there.

The slow motion controls work very well and rotate with the mount so always face you. They need resetting every now and then but that’s an easy job. The only negative is the fact that the scope is mounted above the axis of rotation, so can tend to fall back when pointed high up with a heavier scope, but I’ve not found that a big problem with the 76Q and a counterweight at the front makes it much more stable.

 

[Dark Raven]

iOptron Cube Pro Go-To Mount with GPS, 8408 Go2Nova HC and double saddle. Not often seen in the wild.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 30, 2022 by Dark Raven

[Space Hopper]

Some American hardware for you, and there's not too many of them in the UK.

My 2014 DiscMounts DM-6 (+ 8" riser) on BB Planet + Nexus DSC with a Baader Skysurfer V (mounted on the mounts altitude axis, rather than on the scope)

Simple and efficient to use and easy to manually track even at high powers.

 

[Carl Au]

I own one mount and one scope, and here they are….

[Stu]

10 hours ago, Carl Au said:

I own one mount and one scope, and here they are….

Classically simple and beautiful setup Carl, hard the beat! Is that a Televue mount?

[Dark Raven]

Just in time before the vacation. Drove two hours one way yesterday to the distributer and then back just to pick it up in person. Did not want to risk delivery delay.

Rest of the photos coming up soon. ZWO AM5 in full setup.

Best of all, it fits in a back-pack! 😀

Looking forward to first "light"...

 

Edited July 13, 2022 by Dark Raven

[Carl Au]

On 06/07/2022 at 09:14, Stu said:

Classically simple and beautiful setup Carl, hard the beat! Is that a Televue mount?

Hello, yes it’s a Gibraltar HD4 I bought second hand earlier this year. It’s beautifully made and with my scope at least rock solid and buttery smooth, I adore it.

[Carl Au]

On 10/07/2022 at 11:24, Dark Raven said:

Just in time before the vacation. Drove two hours one way yesterday to the distributer and then back just to pick it up in person. Did not want to risk delivery delay.

Rest of the photos coming up soon. ZWO AM5 in full setup.

Best of all, it fits in a back-pack! 😀

Looking forward to first "light"...

 

Very cool 

[yuklop]

An unusual one.... its a Rob Miller prototype from the end of the 80's modified with Onstep drive control. Here it is happily holding a 14inch classical cassegrain, with 25kg of counterweights. 

A lot more info on this and other mounts in this thread: 

 

 

[900SL]

Never ending clouds so I'm taking photos of the mount instead 😁

 

[PeterStudz]

Some lovely mounts in this thread and a good read. I posted this recently in the DIY section but as it’s cloudy, wet and I’m at home recovering from flu here’s my Frankensteinian mount. Small reflector - SkyWatcher StarQuest on-top of an EQ5 type tripod.

[inFINNity Deck]

Here is my 10Micron GM3000HPS with some scopes attached (Esprit 150ED, Esprit 80ED, C11 EdgeHD, Lunt LS80THA, 30mm f/50 Galilean type telescope). Side-by-side plate (8") and 8" PlaneWave-clamp by Baader. Counterweights are 20kg each.

Nicolàs

[Franklin]

These Vixen mounts seem to be breeding, though I think the GP2 will be moved on shortly. 

 

Edited January 12, 2023 by Franklin

[Sunshine]

On 26/02/2022 at 05:56, johninderby said:

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

What a beauty!

[Sunshine]

On 13/03/2022 at 05:12, badhex said:

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. 

 

Wow! I am surprised to see that 152 on an LXD-55, it carries it without issue? I wouldn't have thought.