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Dennis_S253
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Reged: 11/22/11
Loc: West Central Florida
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R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
#5568509 - 12/13/12 12:10 AM
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The only motor I can find is when you buy the kit for R/A & DEC combined. Why would I need a DEC motor?
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Starhawk
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Reged: 09/16/08
Loc: Tucson, Arizona
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Re: R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
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#5568511 - 12/13/12 12:14 AM
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Hands free control. Shoestring astronomy has a kit to convert the control box to auto guiding capability.
The important thing is only power it with the battery pack- no voltage protection.
-Rich
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beatlejuice
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 04/05/11
Loc: Hamilton, ON,Canada
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Re: R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
[Re: Dennis_S253]
#5569311 - 12/13/12 01:50 PM
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The only motor I can find is when you buy the kit for R/A & DEC combined. Why would I need a DEC motor?
You don't need a Dec motor for visual. This RA Drive is what I use. It is a perfect fit for CG4.
Eric
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crazygame12345
journeyman
Reged: 10/22/12
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Re: R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
[Re: beatlejuice]
#5569940 - 12/13/12 08:53 PM
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I have a synscan eq3 goto system for cg4. it works well.
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Dennis_S253
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/22/11
Loc: West Central Florida
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Re: R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
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#5569985 - 12/13/12 09:28 PM
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Rich, I'll have to look into that a little more.
Eric, that price is not that much less than the full kit.
crazygame, is there a link for the USA. I did a search and most go to the UK. ???
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Geo.
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/01/08
Loc: Upstate NY
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Re: R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
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#5571106 - 12/14/12 04:27 PM
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Orion is in the US. Celestron mount model designations are a PITA The Celestron German mount #4 is everyone else's EQ-3, Their CG-3 is a EQ-2, etc. You might find an EQ-3 RA drive for $10 less than Orion. It's from Synta and sold elsewhere. Telescope Warehouse has some Synta made Tasco drives for the Vixen Polaris mount. They should work on the CG-4, which is sort of a copy of the Polaris.
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crazygame12345
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Reged: 10/22/12
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Re: R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
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#5571884 - 12/15/12 01:02 AM
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i bought the goto motor in china , the motor is used in skywatcher eq3pro .
but i dont know the condition in usa.
actually, cg4 have a bit backlash in dec worm, if doing AP, you have to do some adjustment. can support 500mm focallength
crazygame
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Gary Riley
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Reged: 12/01/11
Loc: White Bluff, TN
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Re: R/A drive motor for CG-4 mount?
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#5573149 - 12/15/12 08:28 PM
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@crazygame: do you or anyone else as far as that matters, know if you can purchase the Synscan EQ-3 Go-To system separately without the mount and tripod? I already have the CG-4 mount and tripod.
Thanks!
Gary
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