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[TheTribeofTheMoon]

Dear All,

I have achieved one of my lifetime's ambitions to get the telescope of my dreams, that telescope is an Edge HD 9.25.
I bought the AVX version as seemed more cost effective, with a plan to later sell the AVX mount and put the money towards
an upgrade as I get more into Astrophotography.
I have a few contenders in mind, the Skywatcher EQ6 R Pro, the AZ/EQ 6, CQ350 pro, Celestron CGX or iOptron equivalent.

I have been reading a lot of reviews and just wondered if others have a favourite that works well, is reliable and recommend:

This is my baby:



Many thanks for your input in advance,

Tara

[Notdarkenough]

Look into the iOptron CEM70. I love mine. My scope is a bit lighter in weight, but the CEM70 can do an 11" easily. I have mine piggybacked with an apo with no problems. I used to run an mini-pc with windows and the CEM70 worked great with TheSky or NINA with no problems. My mini-pc burned up prematurely, so I went with an AA+ control device, which also works well. The CEM70 comes with polar alignment camera that works just fine, if you want to go visual. I haven't messed around with the iGuide guide cam built-in to the CEM70G model, just not any advantage for me.

[TheTribeofTheMoon]

Look into the iOptron CEM70. I love mine. My scope is a bit lighter in weight, but the CEM70 can do an 11" easily. I have mine piggybacked with an apo with no problems. I used to run an mini-pc with windows and the CEM70 worked great with TheSky or NINA with no problems. My mini-pc burned up prematurely, so I went with an AA+ control device, which also works well. The CEM70 comes with polar alignment camera that works just fine, if you want to go visual. I haven't messed around with the iGuide guide cam built-in to the CEM70G model, just not any advantage for me.

Fantastic, I will certainly re visit the iOptron CEM70, thank you very much for your reply and help.

Tara

[gcardona]

When I first got into astrophotography, it was with a C925 and the ASGT mount (yesterday's AVX equivalent). I got very frustrated because the ASGT is a poor mount for the C9.25 and astrophotography; it is just too sloppy. I decided at that time to wait until I could afford a premium mount, which for me at that time was the AP900. Fast-forward 10 years, and I could afford (both time-wise and money wise my premium mount, but the AP900 was discontinued, so I got the Mach1. It is an excellent match for the C9.25. The Mach1 is discontinued, but you can find used ones as well as used AP900's if you want to go for a premium mount. Now there are a lot more options like the ones suggested above.