Opinions on the Celestron CG5 Mount

tungkian · Post by **tungkian** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:22 am

hihi! need expert advice on this mount.

is it usable at SG latitude?

does it have a heck of lot of error?

is it super heavy?

thanks thanks!

tungkian

tungkian · Post by **tungkian** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:22 am

OOPS...somehow typed the title wrongly..CG5 i mean...

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:46 am

u need the vixen half pier to make it work. or u can reverse the north peg. yes, the legs are super heavy. but it's a gd thing. the head is much heavier than the usual gp head, ard the same as the gp-dx head. goto is somehow decent, tracking wise, i dun have much experience with it.

~MooEy~

Meng Lee · Post by **Meng Lee** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:02 pm

The head should be around 6-7kg. The legs are at least 6kg. The counterweight is 5.5kg, the vixen half pier is 2.2kg. So thats around 20kg without scope and accessories. The software can get cranky at times, especially when batt is low and they do not tell you the batt is low! Somehow I like Sirius mount and Synscan controller more.

If you want GOTO, you have other options which are lighter. If you want to pursue astrophotography, this mount is not really precise enough. What is your intention on getting the mount?

tungkian · Post by **tungkian** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:24 am

thanks for the replies!

i'm considering it cause basically there's a clearance sale going for this mount at optcorp..so dunno if it's good or not..

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:36 pm

heh, had a chance to try out the cg5-gt again last night. i would say the pe is more than my super old sp mount. more of visual mount i guess.

~MooEy~