Oh boy, a new G-11 mount

Man, I just got a deal on a new G-11 with Gemini and everything, case, custom handles and even GPS! Used only once and the tripod was never used. Even comes with a mount adapter for a pier, so that I will be set for the new pier at the LAAS site next year.
Boy, I have been looking for a while and finally found the deal I was looking for on Astromart.

Nice mount. I had one years ago. Make sure that you carefully adjust the RA worm to remove the slop inherent to the G-11. A little work adjusting the RA worm up front will protect against a lot of imaging headache. G-11's can have terrible periodic error - not all, but some. PE doesn't matter for visual use, but it can kill you when imaging, even after correcting and autoguiding. Still, the G-11 can be a nice mount.

Here's a nice page about the G-11:
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~mischa/mounts/g11_experiences.html

Another:
http://www.aozc64.dsl.pipex.com/tips/g11gemini.htm#bearing_block

Tom

Well, you should be one happy boy! I think the G11 is one of the best products out there...they are well made, for sure, and made in such a way that a guy can actually work on 'em! On another note, I think I need to join AA...Astromarter's Anonymous. You know, "Hello...my name is Steve, and I can't stop buying stuff on Astromart..."

You're going to love the G11.

clear skies,

Steve

Glade to see you took the plunge, I know when we talked back in July you were thinking about a new mount for imaging And I told you how happy I was with my G11 I think you will feel the same.

Bob

Floyd,
Congrats on the Mount. So now we are looking forward to your images made with this mount.