Buy Orion SkyView Pro Equatorial Telescope MountOrion SkyView Pro Equatorial Telescope Mount Product Description:
- Heavy-duty SkyView Pro equatorial mount and tripod provides a solid and stable foundation for astronomical telescope use
- Supports telescope tubes weighing up to 20 lbs; tubes attach via an included quick-release dovetail bar
- Slow-motion knobs on Declination (Dec) and Right Ascension (RA) axes allow fine manual motion control and tracking of celestial objects as they appear to migrate across the night sky
- Includes two counterweights (4 and 7.5 lbs) Total weight with counterweights equals 35 lbs.
- Accepts optional TrueTrack dual-axis electronic drive or our SVP GoTo upgrade kit (both sold separately)
Product Description
Our heavy-duty SkyView Pro EQ sets a new standard for stability, precision control, and affordability in a mount designed for the demanding amateur astronomer. A step up in rigidity and load capacity from the SkyView Deluxe mount, the SVP supports telescope tubes weighing up to 20 lbs. It is every bit the equal of venerable Japanese-made mounts but at less than half the price. Its all-metal head features enclosed 360-deg worm gears plus large, 86mm-diameter setting circles for easy object location by celestial coordinates. Telescopes attach via a quick-release dovetail plate (included). The head glides effortlessly in right ascension and declination. Dual slow-motion knobs allow manual fine control, and an optional TrueTrack single- or dual-axis DC drive can be added for electronic tracking and photographic guiding. Other features include an azimuth fine adjustment and a latitude scale. The mount accepts an optional polar-alignment scope.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Simple work-horse, decent job of supporting just over 20lbs.
By eye in the sky
I have been pleased with this mount since I bought it in 2010. I have used it to support three different optical tube assemblies, none of them greater than 8" aperture. It presently supports an F12 iOptron 150mm Mak, which weights 20lbs when fully assembled; finder scope, diagonal mirror, eyepiece. I very often use 2" eyepieces and one of them is a heavy Teleview, with that I am very close to or just exceeding 20lbs. I have good steady images that don't wobble and are easy to focus at high magnification. However I do believe the 20 lb limit is a correct assessment and this does place a limit on potential future purchases of different optical tubes.The design ergonomics of the mount are all overall pleasing, though one of the fine adjustment knobs has fallen/popped off occasionally and I have to keep an eye out for that and pop it back on sometimes. The fine adjustment knobs could be a bit better made so that wouldn't be an issue.Due to competing storage requirements of my modest sized house, I have to store the mount and scope partially dissembled. This particular mount works very well for the grab and go back yard type of astronomy I do late and night and in the early morning hours. More robust mounts and electronic systems would be nice to own, but these might make my assembly and diss-assembly a longer chore. Since this mount is simple in it's design I can put it together and have it in use in practically no time at all.
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