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by tommyong
Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:04 pm
Forum: Buy and Sell
Topic: anyone knows where to get a carrybag for mount?
Replies: 3
Views: 2958

Hiye Shoelevy, You've bought a Celestron advanced series scope? I'm like you have gotta big problem in carrying the heavy CG5-GT. I don't have a bag to carry it around coz none seems long enuff except for golf bags or the official carry bag. What I did was to take any long bag strap and go around th...
by tommyong
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:30 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: 12v portable power supply?
Replies: 4
Views: 3864

hi Blurblock, I faced the same problem too when I got my CG5-goto mount as they provide only the car 12VDC cable. If you're using at home, you can easily get a transformer adaptor for 220VAC to 12VDC for about less than $10. If you want a portable one, most likely you have to build it yourself as ac...
by tommyong
Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:47 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Celestron Advance Series CG-5 Mount
Replies: 8
Views: 5730

Hi Weixing, Yep, I have the Celestron CG5 mount. It comes together with my C8-SGT. I agree it's very very stable. Much more stable than most I've seen. No worries about toppling or vibrating easily. However, it's pretty heavy, not because of the 2" legs but the cast-iron mating mount. Can be qu...
by tommyong
Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:21 pm
Forum: Buy and Sell
Topic: Aluminum casing
Replies: 7
Views: 5958

Hi John Teh, I'm also looking for a case for quite some time now. Been looking high and low. Local and overseas... The local one I looked is Land & Sea Technologies in Tuas. Very impressive fibreglass box, but cost $500 to $1,000 and above. Not economical at all. So, do you mind posting the vend...