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Mount for a 4inch refractor??

Started by shoftfx, 08/13/2005 08:48PM
Posted 08/13/2005 08:48PM Opening Post
If you could choose a mount for a 4in and less refractor that you were going to do some astrophotography with what would you choose and why?
Go-to would be nice but not necessary. Are the astro-physics mounts that much better than tak vs losmandy? thanks dan
Posted 08/13/2005 09:04PM #1
What would be the tube length and weight of this 4"? If not greater than f/8, and not too heavy, a gm-8 might do, a g-11 even better, but it's pretty heavy. A better bet would be the Tak em-10, which could be found on a-mart for a good price. AP mounts are more accurate than Losmandy ones, but not Tak, I don't think.

Steve O.