First GEM , EQ-6 or Celestron CGEM ?

Hi,

I am looking to buy my first GEM and a local astronomy store has these two mounts(plus others of course). I would appreciate any comments about these two mounts and which mount you think would be better and why. They both seem pretty similar to me, but I am no expert!
thank you in advance
Scott Fairbairn

Scott Fairbairn said:

Hi,

I am looking to buy my first GEM and a local astronomy store has these two mounts(plus others of course). I would appreciate any comments about these two mounts and which mount you think would be better and why. They both seem pretty similar to me, but I am no expert!
thank you in advance
Scott Fairbairn

Both are good mounts. The EQ-6 is more proven technology, while the CGEM has had some teething pains (which appear to have more or less cleared up of late). The Celestron software is far more advanced than the SynScan software.