Newbie night photographer here, seeking advice about my new az GTI. I’ve a Nikon Z5ii as the camera , various camera lenses and probably an Askar 60 or 70f. First questions if I want to try equatorial mode.

  1. Do I need a counterweight ? The total weight of the kit is around 3kg.

  2. Using something like SynScan do I need to do a polar alignment or will a three start alignment do

I fancy the 70f only because I got decent camera lenses , though I do like the look of the FMA 180.

This rig will eventually be some my travel rid as I quite fancy the bigger GTI or even a Juwai 14/17.

thanks in advance