I need help with choosing a mount for astrophotograpgy.

[ashen stratus]

I would like to buy the askar 71f. I’ve read a lot about this scope, and decided that this is the best choice money wise. But the mount is a lot more difficult.

One of the mounts i looked into is the skywatcher Star Adventurer GTi. This mount has a load capacity of 5 kg. The telescope weights 3 kg, so this mount should be strong enough. On the other hand. I have an 8” manual dobson, would it be possible (and worth it) to put that on an tracking mount? If yes, maybe i should buy the EQ-6? Or are there cheaper options?

[cinder igloo]

The Star Adventurer Gti is great for small payloads. Ive paired it with my redcat51 and it works perfectly well. The Askar 71f was one of the options I played around with too but a few ppl on this server have some doubts about this scope. Since the 71f has a greater fl you need better tracking or at least more weight to be stable.

[remote juniper]

I saw a YouTube test an askar 71F with an ASI 2600 I believe and guiding and it worked pretty well for 2 minute exposures (I believe) of course it may vary

[cinder igloo]

Mhm

You need great polar alignment

You could do this with nina

or Sharpcap

You must know this for yourself whether you have the capacity for a laptop

[zenith slate]

The swsagti should be okay if u have guiding or good polar allignment but keep in mind for AP u should not go over 3kg on this mount.