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I am wanting to get started in Astro photography. I purchased a Celestron Firstscope 114mm 15 years ago or so. Things have finally quieted down in my life, and now I Tesco came pursue my intense curiosity of our universe. The scope came within Equatorial tripod, but I later purchased an all metal one which I think you folks now call a GEM. It has a sIght glass in the mount to orient it to the north star. Everything was manual then. Now with motorized tracking and go to technology I obviously want to upgrade. Is it possible to retrofit motorized tracking and go to technology on the old metal mount and tripod? We’re getting ready to move and I’m postponing the purchase of a new scope until the move is completed at which time I hope to purchase a new scope that is at least 8 inches. I will want a scope for viewing purposes, and Astro photography of our solar system and DSO’s. For the time being I’ll be using the Celestron 114mm. The important question to be answered now is if I can upgrade my GEM to be motorizednn and go to capable. Any help will be extremely and gratefully appreciated. I’m really excited to get going on this adventure.