Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Description
The venerable Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Mount provides stable support for your telescope while executing precise object location and accurate motorized tracking and guiding. With its 40-lb. payload capacity, this equatorial stalwart canreliably hold a great variety of optical tube assemblies that most intermediate and advanced amateur astronomers use today, whether that be for visual application or astrophotography.And for spring of 2021 the Atlas EQ-G Mount's drive panel has been upgraded with some new features, like a USB port for control from a PC running 3rd party astronomy software, a shutter release port for DSLR exposure control, threaded power cableconnector, and RJ-45 snap-in hand controller port.The Atlas EQ-G has become a favorite of amateur astronomers and astrophotographers all over the globe thanks to its consistent tracking and guiding performance, accurate GoTo functionality, and excellent combination of heavy duty stability and reasonableportability for remote use. Its included pushbutton illuminated GoTo hand controller boasts a database of over 42,000 stars and deep-sky objects, including the complete Messier, NGC, and IC catalogs. Once an object is centered, internal DC steppermotors track the object at one of three available tracking rates: sidereal, lunar, or solar. Choose from nine slew rates ranging from 2x to 800x sidereal. A red-illuminated polar axis scope comes standard and makes polar alignment easy and accurate. Thedrive plate has a built-in autoguider port for precision astrophotographic guiding.The Atlas EQ-G's equatorial head is supported on a beefy tripod with 2"-diameter stainless steel legs and an aluminum spreader plate that enhances tripod rigidity and doubles as an accessory tray.Total weight without counterweights is 54 lbs. The EQ head, which weighs 38.2 lbs., uncouples from the tripod with a single knob for easier portability.
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