I have an orange c8 that I have a chance to put in either mount for about the same money. Celestron doesn't recommend replacing the OTA - it says pointing accuracy decreases but I've talked to one person who put a c8 in it, put a pin on the ota and did okay with accuracy.
I've had digital setting circles before with the old fork mount of my c8 - don't know if it was the encoder or my install (had a bit of jury rig on the RA because of the age of the fork mount) but it didn't work.
Ok, the reason I want a goto or DSC is because I have 5 little kids and about 1 or 1 1/2 hours on clear evenings. I've been star hopping for a year now so I know the sky fairly well but am spending too much time hunting. So the goto while very nice isn't as important as being able to find objects accurately. One other snag is that it's difficult to see Polaris from my yard due to a tree line - I can get it in the winter if I work at it through the tree limbs but summers are more difficult.
What would you recommend?
Thanks,
Michelle
I've had digital setting circles before with the old fork mount of my c8 - don't know if it was the encoder or my install (had a bit of jury rig on the RA because of the age of the fork mount) but it didn't work.
Ok, the reason I want a goto or DSC is because I have 5 little kids and about 1 or 1 1/2 hours on clear evenings. I've been star hopping for a year now so I know the sky fairly well but am spending too much time hunting. So the goto while very nice isn't as important as being able to find objects accurately. One other snag is that it's difficult to see Polaris from my yard due to a tree line - I can get it in the winter if I work at it through the tree limbs but summers are more difficult.
What would you recommend?
Thanks,
Michelle
