Celestron AVX a good mount for long exposures?

7 years 4 months ago #506715 by FredTrips
I'm just getting started in astrophotography and looking at getting something around a 100mm telescope (haven't bought yet).  I'm trying to figure out which mount will be best for tracking planets and nebulas and such.  Will the Celestron AVX mount do a good job at tracking these and long exposures?


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7 years 4 months ago #506719 by KCook
Possibly. But this seems like an odd question. As most telescopes come with the mount included.

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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7 years 4 months ago #506856 by effron
Don't start spending money until you bone up on a few things. Here are a couple good sites to begin....

www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/toc_ap.html

www.cloudynights.com/page/index.html

Why so serious?
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7 years 4 months ago #507154 by effron

KCook wrote: Possibly. But this seems like an odd question. As most telescopes come with the mount included.

Kelly


I think he means equatorial mount. It looks pretty good, gets fine reviews....

Why so serious?
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