Solarquest mount Skywatcher with tripod and extension column

Solarquest mount Skywatcher with tripod and extension column.

solar observing just got incredibly easy!

Sky-Watcher's smart and technologically innovative SolarQuest mount is extremely easy to use and provides a safe experience to automatically locate and observe the Sun with your solar telescope.

Simply level the tripod approximately level and point your solar telescope anywhere to the left of the Sun and let Sky-Watcher's revolutionary HelioFind solar alignment technology automatically do the rest. With the push of a button, the telescope will automatically level itself and the mount using GPS data fix will calculate the altitude and azimuth of the Sun based on time and location. Then, the telescope will point to the correct altitude and the mount will rotate clockwise to search for the Sun .The solar sensor will detect the Sun and lock onto it, and silently track it and keep it within the eyepiece's field of view indefinitely.

The SolarQuest mount can be used by educational facilities, observatories, beginners and experienced observers. When combined with your solar telescope it is a great companion for observing sunspots, solar eclipses, solar surface details, and the transit of inner planets over the Sun.

The SolarQuest mount is lightweight and portable, quiet in operation, has a load capacity of up to 4 kg, and accepts telescopes with standard 45 mm dovetails.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The SolarQuest mount is designed for use with solar telescopes only .Do not point any other type of optical device at the Sun. Looking directly at the Sun without a safe, professionally verified solar filter will cause immediate and irreversible eye damage (blindness), telescope damage and fire hazard.

Key Features:

• HelioFind ™ Solar Alignment Technology: solar sensor with 4 photodiodes and integrated GPS data fix to obtain time and location to calculate the Sun's azimuth and altitude.
• Automatic telescope leveling function with the help of the built-in tilt sensor (3-axis accelerometer in the sensor block).
• Automatic drift correction through solar sensor feedback.
• Automatic pointing compensation correction.
• 8-position slide switch to center the Sun in the field of view.
• Tracking rates: solar tracking without alignment.
• Pointing accuracy: up to 3 arcminutes (after user calibration).
• Resolution: 2073600 Counts/Rev, 0.625 arc seconds.
• Rotation speeds: 16x and 1200x.
• Tracking mode: dual-axis tracking.
• Motor: DC servo motor, gear ratio 6480
• Payload capacity: 4 kg.
• Dovetail: 45mm Sky-Watcher, type Vixen
• 3/8" hardware (for tripod / stand)
• Adjustable aluminum tripod with accessory tray.
• Spirit level.
• Tripod / mount height: 80.5cm - 152cm.
• Mount head weight: 1.3kg.
• Total weight with tripod: 4.05kg.
• Low power consumption.
• Power requirements: 8 AA size batteries (not supplied) or external DC 12V power supply, positive tip (via adapter panel).

Some opinions: "SolarQuest is elegant in its simplicity and works like a dream . For one of our review tests, we placed a small white light filtered telescope on the mount head, powered the SolarQuest mount and waited for it to point at the Sun. Once this was done, we fine-tuned the position of the Sun via a high frame rate camera and a crosshair on the screen. We checked the alignment at regular intervals and, impressively, over a five-hour period the Sun's disk remained in the central part of the reticle." BBC SKY AT NIGHT MAGAZINE.

Telescopes shown in the photographs are not included, they are shown for information only.

Solarquest mount Skywatcher with tripod and extension column.