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>  The Super Polaris is a good mount. I am not very impressed with Celestron
>  fork mounts, after experiancing a C-8, C-11 & C-14 that are fork mounted.
>  I find the german equatorial mounts that Celestron are now producing a lot
>  more stable.

>  One C-8 was so bad (and it was BRAND NEW) that it was unusable (visually)
>  over 200X magnification, and since I am mostly interested in
>  AstroPhotography, this certainly couldn't work - I got rid of it.

>  So, German Equatorials are the way to go.

>  Steven Williams - Astronomer.

I think Steven's comments are an oversimplification.  The Ultima 8 from
Celestron is very stable; none of the gross wandering at 200X that Steven
has seen in other models.  Its fork arms and tripod are massive in
comparison to the other C8s.  Thus, it depends on which C8 you use.

As a counterpoint, I've used the Super Polaris mount on a couple of
scopes and thought it was a bit crude compared to the fork mounts.  For
me, the setting circles were marginally useful and the slow motion 
controls and clutches felt coarse and cheap.  On the other hand, I'd 
expect the new Celestron German equatorial mounts made by Losmandy to 
be quite good.

Frank Calloway