EQ6 Syntrek upgrade

[Keithp]

Hello All, well after a useless night last night thanks to the moon washing out any of the fainter stars to find objects can I confirm that this

Skywatcher - Skywatcher SynScan V3 handset

is all I need to give my Syntrek EQ6 mount goto cababilities. No other connectors or leads required?

Regards

All

Keithp

[barkis]

Are the motors not different too? I thought I read that once, but not absolutely certain.

Ron.

[GazOC]

IIRC the handset is all you need.

[Karo]

I did some research on this myself as I'm tempted by an HEQ5/EQ6 Syntrek and want the option of this exact upgrade. So there's 3 versions: The 'bog standard' HEQ5 and EQ6 are just a mount with RA/Dec motors. The Syntrek has a motherboard so it's a bit more smart (afaik it can do non-PEC guiding or you can drive it from a PC), but still has just the tracking controls on the handset. The Synscan (Skyscan?) has the same motherboard but it has a goto handset. So the handsets for the Synscan and Syntrek are interchangeable but not for the basic model. HTH. Someone else may be able to correct me if I'm wrong about the basic model.

[Starflyer]

If you haven't seen it already, there's one here.