Hi everyone! I live in a southern country just below the equator (8° 10’), so it’s hard for me to get new AP equipment without paying like 3 times the price.
Around two months ago I found a second hand Celestron AVX at a very good price.
The problem comes at whether it work just fine at 8° south or not. I did my research and found a post on Cloudy Nights where someone was asking if it was a good idea to use an AVX exactly on the equator, but most people said that it wasn’t (since it says the limit is 7°).
Would it be a good idea to buy it and use it at this latitude or would it just hit itself?
I also saw that some people on that post recommended pier extensions to use it on a lower latitude.
If so, what pier would be useful for the AVX tripod?
Thanks to everyone in advance! (And sorry for the bad english, it’s not my first language)
Arthur.
