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17 years 5 months ago #48387
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17 years 5 months ago #48390
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Carl O’Beirnes,
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Hi Frank
Schmidt-Cassegrain German Equatorial Mount
356mm (14") Diameter Aperture
3910mm Focal Length (f/11)
Starbrightâ„¢ Coatings
9x50 Finderscope
26mm (150x) and 40mm (98x) Multi-Coated 1.25" Eyepieces
2" Mirror Diagonal with 1.25" Adapter
40,000+ Object Database
Computerized Hand Control With Easy-To-Read Display
12-Volt Car Battery Adapter
Schmidt-Cassegrain German Equatorial Mount
356mm (14") Diameter Aperture
3910mm Focal Length (f/11)
Starbrightâ„¢ Coatings
9x50 Finderscope
26mm (150x) and 40mm (98x) Multi-Coated 1.25" Eyepieces
2" Mirror Diagonal with 1.25" Adapter
40,000+ Object Database
Computerized Hand Control With Easy-To-Read Display
12-Volt Car Battery Adapter
Carl O’Beirnes,
Scopes and Space Ltd,
Unit A8 Airside Enterprise Centre,
Swords, Co Dublin,
Ireland.
www.scopesandspace.ie/
www.facebook.com/scopesandspace
twitter.com/ScopesandSpace
www.youtube.com/user/ScopesandSpace
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17 years 5 months ago #48392
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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
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I think he was on about the make and model of the mount itself, which I don't recognise at the angle.
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17 years 5 months ago #48394
by carlobeirnes
Carl O’Beirnes,
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Swords, Co Dublin,
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Carl O’Beirnes,
Scopes and Space Ltd,
Unit A8 Airside Enterprise Centre,
Swords, Co Dublin,
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www.scopesandspace.ie/
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17 years 5 months ago #48399
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Replied by michaeloconnell on topic Re: What mount is this?
I can't say for sure which mount that is Frank as the image is small, but my money would be on the Losmandy G11 with Gemini GOTO. Losmandy made this mount and Celestron sold it combined with their larger scopes. These date back to the early 90s. For more info:
www.company7.com/library/celestron/cg11rv.html
From what little I know about it, these were rated pretty good. In general, Losmandy make good mounts and Celestron scopes have good optics. This would therefore seem to be a good pairing. However, if it's something you're in the market for, you'd obviously need to dig a little deeper and find out for sure. This partnership between Losmandy and Celestron doesn't exist any more unfortunately, but of course you could buy the two separately.
Hope this helps,
www.company7.com/library/celestron/cg11rv.html
From what little I know about it, these were rated pretty good. In general, Losmandy make good mounts and Celestron scopes have good optics. This would therefore seem to be a good pairing. However, if it's something you're in the market for, you'd obviously need to dig a little deeper and find out for sure. This partnership between Losmandy and Celestron doesn't exist any more unfortunately, but of course you could buy the two separately.
Hope this helps,
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17 years 5 months ago #48472
by Jed Glover
Replied by Jed Glover on topic Re: What mount is this?
Does not look like a GM-11, could be a GM-8 though. The tripod does not appear to be original, and compered to the losmandy one a bit flimsey.
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