Is this a good deal ?

[vlebo]

Hi Everyone

Just surfing around and came across this

Celestron CGE 1100 Telescope

I know the mount has been discontinued but the cheapest I have seen the mount on its own is £3600 so it seems a bit of a bargain if anyone is interested.

Vlebo

[kris h]

Do you know why that mount was discontinued

and from the pic of the scope it looks like its got Hyperstar faststar

but doesn't say anything about it

[RobH]

The mount was discontinued when thay brought out the CGE pro and the CGEM.

One reason that many didn't like the mount was that it wouldn't track through the meridian.

I had one and had it loaded up to its limit, and could still get good guiding with it. They are very good well built mounts and tracking through the meridian isn't essential at all...the Paramount ME doesn't do it either.

The C11 is fastar compatible.

I reckon that's a pretty good deal.

Cheers

Rob

[kris h]

Those mounts do look very well made

But for a Cgem with a C11 from opticstar would save you over

£ 1200 without faststar

[syd_malicious]

That is actually a cracking deal.

It is mass produced and as such the mount usually has a highish PE and a few issues from time to time. However, for that price it is a pretty good deal and I would spend that if I was in the market for a midrange mount with OTA.

Paul