It needs to be slightly unbalanced (East heavy) for best performance. My initial testing "problems" appear" to be a series of odd things with a predomiant one being that I "balanced my mount" - yes, you read that right, part of the issue was i "balanced" my mount! Key specifications. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Celestron CGX-L Equatorial 1100 EdgeHD 11" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain GoTo Telescope at Amazon.com. Early last fall I bought a C14 and put it on my Celestron CGX mount. An alternative (and upgrade) from the AVX is the Celestron CGX, which can take heavier setups with a payload capacity of 55 lbs (25 kg). Read honest and unbiased product reviews … Motorized equatorial mount; Computerized functionality for use with Celestron’s Starry Night software (GoTo database of over 40,000 objects) Payload capacity of 30 lbs (14 kg) Celestron’s CGX-L EQ 1100 EdgeHD is an 11-inch, aplanatic Schmidt-Cassegrain mounted on its latest equatorial mount, the CGX-L. Advertisement The term ‘aplanatic’ refers to the additional internal EdgeHD optics, used to correct spherical aberrations inherent in this telescope design. Make sure that the firmware on all of your Celestron devices are up to date (Use the Celestron Firmware Manager) The first time I ran through the StarSense setup process, the firmware in the StarSense hand control and my Celestron CGX-L mount were out of date. The image above was taken using about 25 subframes using a Sony A7III camera, a Celestron C8 EDGHD with a .7 reducer, and a Celestron CGX-L mount. In summary, I am EXTREMELY happy with the CGX and would highly recommend it NOW!