No stated limit. Whatever falls somewhere in between the two items. I generally do not ever pick up anything heavy. My back is not great. Robert

Brilliant minds think alike! By the way, a scope and mount could launch another amateur astronomer, a hobby that is getting more and more grey. Ant it would get a kid off of those damnable twitter

On that subject, Roland would you also disable Dec Compensation for guiding in PHD2 for a Mach1GTO as well? To be clear, I am not referring to backlash compensation which I don't use. Thank you. Eric

What's the max weight you would carry? Rolando

I have a 900 and I think the ability to split the axis for lower weight to carry makes a 900 or 1100 much more portable than the Mach 1 or 2. One of the reasons I changed from the Mach 1 to my 900 was

That is EXACTLY how I got my first scope! A Sears 60mm refractor on an Alt-Az mount. 50 years ago I mowed their lawn for an entire summer to get that scope.

Give it to a local kid who is just starting out in astronomy. That, and a scope you are no longer using. Have him/her mow your lawn as payment ;^)) Rolando

Thanks Bill. I do love my 1100 mount, andwill likely never sell it. I had a similar dilemma a couple yearsago when I posed a question to George whether to get a better mount (Iwas using an A-P 800 at

Go for the encoders. The 92's will be more and more available as time goes on. I plan another run after #3 is finished (unless the virus gets me). Rolando

Yes, remove the Dec compensation. In fact i would remove it in both. The further you go north the more overcompensated Ra guiding becomes. Rolando

Do not sell the 1100! It is the best mount A-P makes for all around use IMHO. VERY portable, excellent and spacious cabling system, support for encoders, high weight capacity, and the list just goes

Guess I'm really odd. In over 40 years of imaging, I've never needed a mount with absolute encoders and I have had a wee bit of success with my images. Always go for the gold! The Telescope! Sell

I guess i am the odd one out - i would pick the encoders you have some great scopes there, time to put them to even better use! -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com

Buy the Stowaway, sell the Tele-Vue and then buy the encoders.

Stowaway. The encoders will be there later, for a time in the future when the controller relinquishes more funds. 😉

I am somewhere on the waiting list for one of the 92 mm Stowaway refractors, and I currently own an 1100GTO mount without absolute encoders. Someday, lady luck may finally shine her light on me and I

One additional question...Iam using Maxim 5.18 to guide the 1600GTO through the CDK 17. As I understandit, Maxim has built in declination compensation (I am also using an OptecGemini rotating

i've been following your SX and PHD discussions, and yes that is completely frustrating. hopefully that can get resolved and you will be back to your oag soon-- Brian Brian Valente portfolio

Thanks George, This is the good plan that I am considering, but while waiting for this passage from CP3 to CP4 for the Mach1 I am bored of still not being able to try my Mach2 yet Regards. Dominique

Thanks, Brian I think between your response and that of Roland's, I will stick with the integrated OAG system. In fact, I need to move the new MIDI version as I need 2" filters for my new ASI2600MC