Re: Questions about the Losmandy G-11 mount

I have a G11 with a 6" f/8. You are welcome to come out and check it out
and observe with it. It handles a 6" just fine.

Kevin
deepskyranch@No-Spam

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Julien Lecomte <julien.lecomte@No-Spam>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am interested in acquiring a Losmandy G-11 mount to carry a 4" APO
> refractor for visual observing, and later for planetary and long
> exposure astrophotography. However, my budget is too tight to get it
> with the Gemini system installed, and I am a bit concerned with the
> slow setting speeds (16x sidereal rate at most, that's 1 degree in 15
> seconds...) of the basic dual axis drive. Moreover, the mount does not
> seem to come with manual slow motion controls. Is buying the mount
> without the Gemini system still a good investment?
>
> Is there anybody on this list who owns this mount and would not mind
> showing me how it's assembled and manipulated? I'd like to get as much
> information as possible before spending the money. Moreover, I have
> owned several fork mounted SCTs in the past and am not an expert when
> it comes to German equatorial mounts.
>
> Thanks!
> Julien
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