I was able to get the battery charged and set up for some daytime Lunar viewing. This could be a very big turning point for me.Ģ day shipping from NY to NH - and it arrived the next day! YAY! The Az Mount Pro should be easily able to handle either my TV-85 or my C6, or actually both at the same time if I go back and purchase the additional saddle. Maybe then, I can pull out one of my books on double stars, and actually have a prayer of locating some of them in my night sky. If I can get my scope aligned, and I can perform a "sky tour" or begin to select objects from the offered list of what's up and observable at the moment, I will be thrilled beyond belief. This mount promises to open things up for me. I believe that's why I have confined myself many times to Planetary or Lunar observing. Both situations have conspired to muddle me up, and has really hampered my ability to just go out and know about where to point to observe even the most basic things. Going the other way, if I am lucky enough to find myself under darker skies, I am overwhelmed quickly by the much greater number of objects in the view. I have always had a monstrously difficult time translating from the page of whatever atlas or guidebook I might have in hand to the actual sky here in southern New Hampshire, in close proximity to Manchester with its sky glow. From childhood, I can spot The Big Dipper, and from my early years of trying to learn Constellations, I can spot Cassiopeia and Orion, but that is almost all there is for me. I must confess, I have very poor sky recognition and recall. If this turns out to be even close to true for me, it will be a great leap ahead for me being able to do my observing. From there, it's supposed to automatically orient itself, and get aligned. Something they call "Just level and go." Get the mount level, get your scope attached, balance it parallel to the ground, and hit the power. The Az Mount Pro is advertised as having completely automatic alignment. Just had a bummer of a time doing alignment, and that has been a hinderance for me getting out and just doing some observing. I want to use the SCT - I've always loved the size and portability. I have a *much* easier time of it with my TV-85 - with a wider FOV. The thing for me with an SCT like this is, with the narrow FOV, I have a fair amount of difficulty doing an alignment with my NexStar mount. Alas, that is Highpoint's normal everyday price, and I could have waited. I stumbled across the OTA at a very good price, and fearing that the price would not be there for long, I jumped on it. At the time I had already been monitoring the iOptron mount for maybe a month to two, waiting for a possible sale. After months and months of deliberation, as well as watching to see if it *ever* might go "on sale," I finally pulled the trigger today and purchased the iOptron Az Mount Pro.Īs folks here may recall, before last Christmas, I purchased a Celestron C6 OTA from Highpoint Scientific.
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