AZ-EQ5 Go To Mount

Sky Watcher AZ-EQ5 Multi-Purpose GoTo Telescope Mount

Overview:
The Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ5 dual mount gives optimal stability and pointing accuracy for a wide variety of professional photo and video equipment. The AZ-EQ5 is a hybrid mount with alt-azimuth capability for general use, equatorial capability for astrophotography use and dual-OTA mode perfect for outreach.

Stable, accurate, versatile and very portable with the mount head weighing only 16.9-pounds the Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ5 is the perfect mount for just about everybody. The mount is supplied with a SynScan handset with dual AZ/EQ firmware, it can automatically find and track 42,900+ celestial objects from its database.

Features:

• German Equatorial/ Altitude-Azimuth/ dual OTA mode
• Versatile and adaptable mount can be shifted between Equatorial and Alt-Azimuth configurations freely
• Go-To capable and fully computerized
• Payload Capacity: 30-pounds
• Mount Head Weight: 16.9-pounds
• Permanent periodic error correction (PPEC). PPEC can be trained with autoguider or PC.
• Belt drive Super smooth PE curve. Low backlash, silent slewing.
• +/- 5 arc seconds native periodic error
• Dual shutter release control for batch exposures of astrophotography
• Motor controller with high torque and accuracy
• Includes two V-style saddles for mounting dual OTAs
• Secure-fit power supply connections
• Polar alignment with optional polarscope
• Autoguider port
• USB interface
• Primary axis encoder tracks the mounts position. Users can push the mount at any time without worrying about losing the mount's alignment.
• Counterweight extension bar included
• Retractable counterweight bar
• Includes two 7.5-pound counterweights