#What AFFORDABLE mount should I get for my scope

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vagrant cedar
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I've been doing astrophotography for about a year now with my Celestron star sense explorer 130az (8 pounds) . Since Christmas is coming up, (I'm 15 and broke so I can't buy my own) I'm looking for the cheapest possible tracking mount for my scope. My target price range is 3-400 dollars. I understand that it's quite unlikely that I'll find a mount for that price, but if you have any recommendations, let me know.

sinful quarry
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You can get dslr and startraker

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I got my 130pds for 120 pounds used

raw belfry
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First of all, go on cloudy nights classifieds

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Or Astrobin classifieds

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Then look for a Swsa 2i or SWSAGTI

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swsa mini

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Those are the cheapest good ones u can get

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There are also ioptron ones

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Just look for star trackers

lunar topaz
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Star Adventurer GTi is a great little mount but if your okay with manually finding objects in space then the older, cheaper, and non gti version is also an option.

vagrant cedar
sinful quarry
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Only for dslr it will work good

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I don't think it can take the scope

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If you want to use the scopen

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Get a cheap eq5 tune it and onstep it

raw belfry
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Ideally, don’t go above 7 pounds on the mount. Including the camera telescope guide scope whatever

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So the camera telescope everything in total should not be above 7 pounds

lunar topaz
granite shard
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❌️

vagrant cedar
granite shard
# vagrant cedar Why would that not work?

I assume it's 650mm of Focal lenght which is a bit too much. That mount is ideal for a dlsr+lens or a small APO refractor like a redcat51 or a similar scope. Wouldn't go above 2.5kgs

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Going a bit above 2.5kg is fine but better not to

lunar topaz
granite shard
lunar topaz
vagrant cedar
granite shard