Mounts for TV Genesis?

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From: David B. Snyder
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:29

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I've been thinking of buying a TeleVue Genesis (for quite some
time and probably a while longer), and am trying to decide 
on a reasonable mount to get with it.  I think I have three
reasonable options: (1) TeleVue Equatorial (expensive)  
(2)  Super Polaris (slightly less expensive) and 
(3)  TeleVue Gibraltor (sp?) (least expensive, alt-azimuth) 

Initially I'd expect to use it for observing (alt-azimuth would
be OK), but eventually
I will want to use the system for photography, so in a year's
time I probably need an equatorial and have to inve$t in some
clock drives.

Questions:
Is the Gibraltor strictly an alt-azumuth mount? or can it ea$ily 
be converted to equatorial?

Is there a significant difference between the Super Polaris and the
TeleVue Equatorial?  Stability? Third-party add-on$ ?

Comments?  Advice? Flames?

david b. snyder                    |  The Persistant Planetology Speculation:
email: snyder@plasma.lerc.nasa.gov |  Where there's a rill there's a ray.

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