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Equatorial Mounts For Budget Astrophotography?

Posted by timothy on from the rubber-band-and-hope dept.

Timoris writes "With the Perseids approaching rapidly, I am looking for a good beginner's motorized equatorial mount for astrophotography. I have seen a few for $150 to $200, but apparently the motor vibrations make for poor photographs. Orion makes good mounts, but are out of my price range ($350) and the motor is sold separately, adding to the price half over again. Does anyone have any good experience with any low- or mid-priced mounts?"

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  1. Golden Girls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. GNU! by ZyBex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A Gnu is a good mount, available on equatorial regions, and it's free!