Re: [Utah-astronomy] Atlas or CGEM?

I have an Atlas and I've been very pleased with the tracking as long as you don't over load it. If you do a drift align and level it properly it holds a target quite well. That said a CGEM is probably a bit better and beefier, if you can afford the CGEM I'd go for that but you are paying twice as much to get a mount that is just a little better. However, guided there's not much difference between the two. The Atlas guides extremely well and is pretty good un-guided. With some of the new software out there right now you can get excellent results even if your mount is drifting a bit. It's also easy to improve the already good Atlas with lots of experience out there. Bob