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Charlie Hein
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Re: CGEM or Atlas EQ-G for a C11?
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#2923563 - 02/12/09 01:05 PM
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I must say Orion is really blowing it by not offering the Atlas as a package with their most popular scopes. All the packages I see come with the Sirius or Sphinx.
I understand your point although I would have been a bit more diplomatic on phrasing it. I got a 9.25 for my Atlas and I really liked that combination very much. A couple of guys in my club have C-8's with small refractors riding on top and that is a very stable imaging setup.
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Sundown6
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Re: CGEM or Atlas EQ-G for a C11?
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#2923827 - 02/12/09 03:30 PM
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No not all they have whats basiclly a C10N,C11, and a 190mm Maksutov-Newtonian that come with a Atlas...
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RaptorJoc
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Re: CGEM or Atlas EQ-G for a C11?
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#2924528 - 02/12/09 10:08 PM
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I didn't realize that the Orion SCTs were made by Celestron. Thanks for pointing that out.
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RaptorJoc
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Re: CGEM or Atlas EQ-G for a C11?
[Re: Charlie Hein]
#2924575 - 02/12/09 10:36 PM
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My point was aimed at their marketing strategy. Competing with Celestron which offers 3 SCTs on 3 different mounts with significant discounts for buying the package over the individual components giving them 9 price points spanning from $1500 to $4400.
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Charlie Hein
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Re: CGEM or Atlas EQ-G for a C11?
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#2924939 - 02/13/09 06:46 AM
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My point was aimed at their marketing strategy. Competing with Celestron which offers 3 SCTs on 3 different mounts with significant discounts for buying the package over the individual components giving them 9 price points spanning from $1500 to $4400.
Yes, it's a shame that they haven't rolled up the Atlas in more varied configurations... as I mentioned earlier the 9.25 and 8" SCT's would make excellent packages with the Atlas. Almost any of the "astrophotography" packages they sell would really benefit from riding on an Atlas too.
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Tom C.
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Re: CGEM or Atlas EQ-G for a C11?
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#4403874 - 02/22/11 02:01 PM
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I realize this is an old post, but for people who find this discussion on using a C-11 on an Atlas EQ-G mount check out the following. I always say, the proof is in the pudding. Many in this forum discussion were skeptical about the Atlas' capability to do astrophotography and even more weary about mounting a guide scope on the C-11 at the same time. Well, the unbelievers should check out Steve Bryson's website and his photographs. He uses a C-11 mounted on an Atlas with an ED80 as a guidescope and a Canon XTi as his instrument of choice. While it looks like he had an olympic weightlifters set of iron stacked on the Atlas' skinny shaft (see the pic of his setup too)...well, take a look. The pictures speak for themselves.
http://homepage.mac.com/stevepur/c11_astrophotos.htm
Cheers,
Tom
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WillCarney
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Reged: 10/08/09
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Re: CGEM or Atlas EQ-G for a C11?
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#4403960 - 02/22/11 02:43 PM
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I agree. I chose the Atlas because of the included polar finder and Orion's quality. I had previously purchased
a ST-120 on a EQ3. Both were great. Here's my current refractor setup on my Atlas.
Here's some pictures taken with my Atlas. While not as good as Steve's they are not bad for quick and easy.
10 minute Flame, 120ST, Fuji film.
10 minute Orion, 120ST, Fuji film.
M31, Kodak B&W film. Mount not quite aligned so I got some movement.
10 minute, ST80, Orion's belt/sword, Kodak B&W film.
So far no problems with my Atlas except a few very minor one's. I don't like the plastic hand controller holder, it keeps falling off the tripod tray. The cap for the eyepiece of the polar scope never seems to want to screw on. It would also be nice to have a bubble level on the tripod not the head. These are of course minor points.
William
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