I am looking for a suitable mount for a 5" Maksutov-Newtonian (MN-56), which weighs about 13 pounds.
Probably a CG-5 equivalent equatorial mount. Preferably with at least one axis motor-drive and enough clearance to be used in Singapore.
The MN-56's tube ring has one 3/8-16 hole and two unthreaded holes at the bottom, as shown in the attached photo.
[highlight=red]Update: BOUGHT [/highlight]from a nice Singastro member on 30/10/2005.
WTB: CG-5 mount or similar
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WTB: CG-5 mount or similar
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Hi,
Have a nice day.
WOW!! Is MN-56 that heavy??? Hmm... Doesn't seem to be that heavy when I used samuel MN56. Anyway, you need to get a dovetail to use on CG5 and I think the chinese type dovetail (used by some celestron scope also) may be able to mount to that three hole. I got one of those dovetail. PM if you want to test it.5" Maksutov-Newtonian (MN-56), which weighs about 13 pounds.
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