iagica
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Reged: 10/21/07
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Loc: Italy
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Is there already some test about it?
Best regards.
Carmine
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Carmine Iaffaldano - Pollino Park - South ITALY
Borg 101 ED - Borg 45 ED
OTA R.C. truss TOSCANO
Magzero 8 - Sbig ST 2000 XM - Apogee U9
mount GM 2000 - 10 Micron
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JerryWise
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Reged: 12/26/03
Posts: 8148
Loc: Lexington, SC
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I haven't seen any hands on reports yet Carmine. A lot of us are waiting on them though.
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Jerry
Celestron C-11, ED-100, CG-5
Meade 102ED, LX200R 14"
Takahashi FS-60c, FS-78, FS-152, TOA 150
Astro-Physics 1200, M-1, AP-140 F7.5
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Danno2006
professor emeritus
Reged: 01/25/06
Posts: 690
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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telescopes.com lists as being in stock. I wonder if they are in stock??
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iagica
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Reged: 10/21/07
Posts: 39
Loc: Italy
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Thank you. it seems a good product but it is better that someone with professional capacities has tested it.
Best regards.
Carmine
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Carmine Iaffaldano - Pollino Park - South ITALY
Borg 101 ED - Borg 45 ED
OTA R.C. truss TOSCANO
Magzero 8 - Sbig ST 2000 XM - Apogee U9
mount GM 2000 - 10 Micron
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MichaelW
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/03/06
Posts: 1538
Loc: Cartoon City, Nirvana
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Yeah then someone will have to come out with a permanent pier plate adapter! And yes, according to the website lists the item as available and ships in 15 days.
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Michael W
Washoe Zephyr: 
Arizona Sky Village: 
I miss my AP1200. 
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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie no more
Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 25876
Loc: NE Ohio
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Yeah then someone will have to come out with a permanent pier plate adapter!
I've requested (but have not yet received) confirmation as to whether the electronics pier is the same diameter as the CGE. If it is, then a new pier adaptor wouldn't have to be developed. Even so, I'm not aware of any source for the CGE pier plate that doesn't involve several weeks lead time. Any early tests would have to be from either tripod users or those with a CGE pier adaptor already available.
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John C
Urban Observatory
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
Meade 80mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Meade 152ED, 178ED F/9 "APO"
Meade 12" SCT
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
NJP, LXD700, CGE, GPDX/SS2KPC
ST-10XME, DSI Pro
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MichaelW
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/03/06
Posts: 1538
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I bought my CGE pier plate from Dan and at the time the CGE plate was in stock. Can't speak for today but back then it was shipped within a couple days of the order.
It looks promising for the diameter to be the same.
Judgeing that the CN16 works with the CGE and CGE-Pro and there is no addition of a CGE-Pro tripod, it could be deduced that they are indeed the same diameter. At least for assumptive speculation. 
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Michael W
Washoe Zephyr:
Arizona Sky Village:
I miss my AP1200.
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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie no more
Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 25876
Loc: NE Ohio
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Judgeing that the CN16 works with the CGE and CGE-Pro and there is no addition of a CGE-Pro tripod, it could be deduced that they are indeed the same diameter. At least for assumptive speculation.
I dunno. I had a CN16 on my CGE and it strapped to a tripod leg; it didn't care what the pier diameter was. The minimum and maximum heights of the CGE and CGE Pro tripods are listed as being different, so they may not be the same tripod.
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John C
Urban Observatory
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
Meade 80mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Meade 152ED, 178ED F/9 "APO"
Meade 12" SCT
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
NJP, LXD700, CGE, GPDX/SS2KPC
ST-10XME, DSI Pro
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Strgazr27
Vendor - Deep Space Mods and Composites
Reged: 10/04/04
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Loc: StonyHill Observatory
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If the mount is going to be pier mounted what I did was take the tripod hub off the tripod. There were three casting marks 120 degrees apart. I drilled and tapped these for some 5/16 bolts. I also used the ceneter bolt that the tripod spreader bolted to. I never had a stability issue. I can't see why the same could not be done with the Pro.
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Bobby
StonyHill Observatory
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro (On it's way)
AT 130 F/6 Prototype
Royce 10" f/4 Astrograph (Under Construction)
Self Modded 40D
70-200 F2.8 L IS
SSAG
YAHOO TMB 130SS Group
Astronomy Technologies Yahoo Group
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jrbarnett
Eyepiece Hooligan
Reged: 02/28/06
Posts: 5269
Loc: Petaluma, CA
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Well, my C14 bet is relying on this being a decent mount. I've toyed with the C14 + CGE combo for the last couple of years but concerns about undermounting put me off. The CGE Pro could be just the ticket. *fingers crossed*
- Jim
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"I do not always observe with low dispersion glass doublets, but when I do, I prefer Televue. Stay focused, my friends!"
- The Most Interesting Astronomer in the Universe
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MichaelW
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/03/06
Posts: 1538
Loc: Cartoon City, Nirvana
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The "word" from Celestron via email to their support department. The CGE and the CGE-Pro DO NOT share the same electronics pier as the CGE-Pro is a heavier duty version of the CGE.
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Michael W
Washoe Zephyr:
Arizona Sky Village:
I miss my AP1200.
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mclewis1
Thread Killer
Reged: 02/25/06
Posts: 4464
Loc: New Brunswick, Canada
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While the pier itself is certainly "different" the question remains ... is the mounting point at the base of electronics pier the same diameter and are the bolt holes in the same place?
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Mark
C11, C6, APM/TMB115, and AT80ED - Tandem mount CGE and CG-5A, WO EZ-Touch and AT Voyager
25x100s and 8x56s, T-Mount Light, Mark 1 eyeballs - Modded 350D, DSI-P, SPC900, Mallincam
Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean that you should
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