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Hello all,
I am stuck between buying an Celestron CGEM ii and Skywatcher EQ6R. Any inputs would help, Thanks.
OTAs: Nexstar 8SE, Radian Raptor, Celestron RASA 11, TPO ultra wide
Mounts: Ioptron CEM70G, Ioptron CEM 40
Cameras: ZWO 1600mm Pro, 533 MC pro, 2600mm Pro
Guide Cameras: ZWO 120MM Mini, ZWO 174MM
Guide Scopes: Orion 60mm, ZWO mini guide scope
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Eyepieces: Celestron Luminos 31mm, 19mm, Explore Scientific 4.5mm 82 Degree, Celestron - SkySync Telescope GPS, Celestron f/6.3 Reducer, Celestron Luminous 2-Inch 2.5x ,Barlow Lens, Dielectric Star Diagonal 2" with Twist Lock, Celestron StarSense Automatic Alignment.
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They say the Skywatcher is good. I've got a Celestron CGX and it's well sturdy.

What have you got at the moment?

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Personally I think Celestron's Nexstar software is better than SynScan. But you can't go wrong with either :)
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I currently have the Celestron Nexstar 8SE, looking to get into astrophography. That mount is giving me more problems than it is worth. Sometimes it works great, then the next night it can’t align to save its life. Have the GPS connected, correct date and time, pointed North, and leveled. Also have the skysense hooked up, it finds over 100 stars on the first of four points and plates solves........then the second point finds 100+ stars and cannot plate solve! Wasted 2 great nights trying everything possible to get it to work but no dice. I have connected all devices to CFM and updated to latest drivers. Oh yeah.....on the second point of alignment, the altitude of the OTA goes past 90 degrees straight up?, so I manually return it to level position with the hand controller and point it to the north again, start over deleting the previous alignment and it does the same on the second point. Ready to throw it in the garbage.
OTAs: Nexstar 8SE, Radian Raptor, Celestron RASA 11, TPO ultra wide
Mounts: Ioptron CEM70G, Ioptron CEM 40
Cameras: ZWO 1600mm Pro, 533 MC pro, 2600mm Pro
Guide Cameras: ZWO 120MM Mini, ZWO 174MM
Guide Scopes: Orion 60mm, ZWO mini guide scope
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Eyepieces: Celestron Luminos 31mm, 19mm, Explore Scientific 4.5mm 82 Degree, Celestron - SkySync Telescope GPS, Celestron f/6.3 Reducer, Celestron Luminous 2-Inch 2.5x ,Barlow Lens, Dielectric Star Diagonal 2" with Twist Lock, Celestron StarSense Automatic Alignment.
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