Nexstar and Losmandy GM8

Hi, I've just got a Nexstar 8 as a present and would like to do some serious DSO astrophotography. Read the reviews that the tracking in the Nexstar 8 is not suitable anything beyond 4-5 minutes at tracking. Anybody knows if I can remove the OTA and fix it on a Losmandy G8 mount?

Please advise.

Thanks
ET

The original Nexstar 5/8 did not have tracking that was good enough for astrophotography. The newer 5i/8i are much better and feature an autoguider port. They would be ok for some casual imaging but that's about it.

For the second part of your question, yes, you can remove the OTA and mount it on a Losmandy G8. It would be a much better imaging platform.

Don Wyman