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Mounts similar to the SupaTrak


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Is there a mount similar to the Skywatcher SupaTrak alt-az mount but sturdier? Those not familiar with the discontinued SupaTrak mount, it resembles Skywatcher and Celestron basic alt-az goto mounts, such as SLT, AZ-Go2, Astro-Fi etc but unlike those it only tracks and doesn't goto objects. I really like the SupaTrak's simplicity, because there's no need to enter coordinates, time, star alignment, wi-fi etc. Just set your latitude which the mount remembers and there's useful latitude markings on the mount already for that, then point to the North while the telescope is fully horizontal and you're done! I understand that equatorial mounts do exactly what I'm looking for but I'm put off because they don't move up-down left-right like SupaTrak or any alt-az mount. So far I've been unable to find a sturdier alternative. Someone knows any?

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I have no experience of the SupaTrak but a good and relatively cheap mount is the Skywatcher AZ GTiX. I'm not sure how 'sturdy' you need it to be but it can take 6kg on one side and up to 10kg with two scopes.

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