Comments on: CGEM PEC Training Part 2 http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/2010/04/27/cgem-pec-training-part-2/ Amateur astrophotography with a Canon 1000D Sun, 29 May 2011 17:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tim Powell http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/2010/04/27/cgem-pec-training-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Tim Powell Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:07:11 +0000 http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/?p=287#comment-187 I've not used an EQ6 myself, so I'm probably not in an ideal position to give advice. However they are built on the same basic platform, the CGEM being a rehoused and modified EQ6. The primary differences being servo motors instead of stepper, differences to the bearings and of course the Celestron nexstar controller and all star alignment. One of the primary selling points for me was the ability to track up to 20 degrees past the meridian, which allows for longer imaging sessions without having to deal with the meridian flip. Of course you may be able to do this with the EQMod software, I don't know. I’ve not used an EQ6 myself, so I’m probably not in an ideal position to give advice. However they are built on the same basic platform, the CGEM being a rehoused and modified EQ6. The primary differences being servo motors instead of stepper, differences to the bearings and of course the Celestron nexstar controller and all star alignment.

One of the primary selling points for me was the ability to track up to 20 degrees past the meridian, which allows for longer imaging sessions without having to deal with the meridian flip. Of course you may be able to do this with the EQMod software, I don’t know.

]]> By: Knez http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/2010/04/27/cgem-pec-training-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Knez Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:26:53 +0000 http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/?p=287#comment-185 Those are really nice results. Would you recomend CGEM over Skywatcher NEQ6 for astrophotography?. Thank you Those are really nice results. Would you recomend CGEM over Skywatcher NEQ6 for astrophotography?.

Thank you

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