ETX60 vs ETX70Posted By Ivan Gastaldo |
John, I cannot say much about the ETX idea, since I have not had one of those, and cannot give you much of an opinion on their sturdiness. I can tell you though that the PST is NOT very light and might end up giving you more problems (piggybacked on the ETX) than what you are looking for...
Have you though about something like this, just for your PST?
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=423374
For less than $100 you would have a dedicated mount just for it, with plenty of sturdiness for the PST, and all the tracking capability you'll need. (after all, you are just doing Ha-SOLAR viewing with it, right?) 8)
I personally have an Orion SVP mount that I got for the ED80, but since it is piggybacked now on the LX-200, I use it for the PST, and that's ROCK SOLID...
Have you though about something like this, just for your PST?
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=423374
For less than $100 you would have a dedicated mount just for it, with plenty of sturdiness for the PST, and all the tracking capability you'll need. (after all, you are just doing Ha-SOLAR viewing with it, right?) 8)
I personally have an Orion SVP mount that I got for the ED80, but since it is piggybacked now on the LX-200, I use it for the PST, and that's ROCK SOLID...
