Tripod for German Equatorial Mount SkyWatcher EQ8 PRO.
ATTENTION: UNDER THIS REFERENCE ONLY THE TRIPOD IS SUPPLIED, THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOUNT IS SHOWN FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
The new SKYWATCHER EQ8 PRO mount is a mount designed to work with a tripod or on a column. It is supplied with the SYNSCAN control knob, two weights of 10Kg each, and all with a load capacity of 50 Kg!!!!
In Telescopiomania we highlight the main features of the new EQ8 PRO:
- High load capacity of 50Kg.
- Very smooth Periodic Error Curve.
- Incorporation of FreedomFind™technology
- Permanent Periodic Error Correction.
- Quiet running.
- Minimal presence of backlash (gear backlash)
- AutomaticHOMEfunction (idle position).
- Communication interface with DSLR cameras.
- Precise Polar alignment with SYNSCANcontrol knob .
- Adjustable tripod height: 0.75 - 1.00 meters.
Technical specifications of the mount:
- Saddle Type: German Equatorial
- Load Capacity: 50Kg
- Latitude Adjustment Range: 10º to 65º
- Azimuth Adjust ment Range:+-10º
- Weight (without tripod): 25Kg
- Counterweights: 2x 10Kg
- Tripod weight: 29.4Kg
- Counterweight bar: 2.6Kg
- Power supply: DC11 16V 4A
- Motors: Hybrid stepper 0,9º stepper motors
- Transmission: 435:1 Crown + 64 microsteps/0,9º Stepper motor
- Gear ratio: 435
- Resolution: 11136000 counts/Revolution, approx. 0.12 arc sec
- Maximum drop speed: 3.3º/second
- Tracking speed: Sidereal, Solar, Lunar
- Tracking mode: Equatorial mode
- Auto-tracking speeds: 0.125x, 0.25x, 0.5x, 0.75x, 1x
- Periodic Error Correction (PEC): 100 segments, Permanent PEC Correction.
- Control Command: SYNSCAN
- Database: More than 42,000 objects.
- Celestial Object Catalogs: Messier, NGC, IC, SAO, Caldwell, Double Stars, Variable Stars, Popular Stars and Planets.
- Pointing accuracy: up to 5 arcminutes (RMS)
- Resolution of auxiliary Encoders in AR/DEC: 17624 counts/revolution approx. 1.2 arcminutes
Tripod for SkyWatcher EQ8 PRO German Equatorial Mount.
