Celestron Omni CG-4 w/ Dual 11-lb. Counterweights and Polar Alignment Scope - $289 Shipped - PENDING

This is a Celestron Omni CG-4 mount only (no tripod) with CG-4 Polar Alignment Scope and dual 11-lb. counterweights.  I have made several improvements to this CG-4 over the past year, and am selling it only because I now have a larger refractor that requires a higher-capacity mount.  First of all, I replaced the screws that secure the Vixen/CG-5 dovetail rail with stronger, easier to use, thumbscrews.  The R.A. Setting Circle was a pain to use originally because it would catch on something as the mount was rotated around, thereby throwing off the new desired R.A. coordinate.  I drilled and tapped the R.A. Setting Circle and installed an M4 thumbscrew that secures the R.A. Setting Circle in place as the mount is slewed around to a new position.  Once the new position is reached, the stock thumbscrew near the R.A. Vernier is tightened and the M4 thumbscrew is backed off entirely so the R.A. coordinate remains fixed as the target is tracked across the sky.  Another modification was to file off some material from the bracket that holds the large rear Latitude Adjustment Screw so that the mount can be configured in Alt-Az mode.  That works well for scopes that don’t have rotatable focusers like Maks and SCTs as well as Newtonians.  It converts back to EQ mode in a matter of minutes.  The largest refractor I have been able to use successfully on this mount has been an SvBONY 122mm f/7 ED Triplet.  That scope shakes a little as you move the position, but is totally workable when tracking targets even at way over 200x.  In Alt-Az mode I have mounted a C8, a 150mm f/12 Mak, and a 150mm f/6 Newtonian with no trouble, along with lots of smaller scopes.  The CG-4 mount has a female M10x1.5 threaded hole, and will fit on a number of tripods, such as the Omni CG-4, CG-5, Sky-Watcher EQ5, HEQ5, EQ-AL55i, Orion SkyView Pro and Vixen GP.

I paid over $350 to acquire the CG-4 mount and the accessories, and I'm selling all the items described for $289.00, which includes shipping to CONUS only and the PayPal G&S fee.  The items are all packed up and ready to ship.