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SkyWatcher EQ5 Pro SynScan GoTo mount (981)

UK Optical Solutions at Newton Ellis & Co.
EQ5 Pro SynScan GoTo Equatorial Mount

Hardware Features:

  • SynScanTM V.3 Firmware Updateable Hand Control
    New features include ongoing firmware updateability via the internet, Pointing Accuracy Enhancement (PAE), and capability to store star alignment data. Also can accept new GPS mouse attachment
  • High precision stepper motors
  • Motor Controller: Microstep driving with auto-power saving feature
  • Resolution: 0.288 arc second
  • Slew Rate: 0.5x, 1x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x, 400x, 500x, 600x, 800x
  • Tracking Rate: Sidereal, Lunar, Solar
  • Tracking Mode: R.A. tracking
  • ST-4 type Autoguider Interface: Support 0.25x, 0.5x, 0.75x 1x guiding rate
  • Maximum Payload Capacity: Approx 9kg
  • Power requirement: 11 to 15 V DC 2 Amp (Tip positive) (Power supply not included)

Software Features:

  • Alignment Method: One-Star Alignment, Two-Star Alignment, Three-Star Alignment
  • Pointing Accuracy: Up to 1 arc min
  • Object Catalogues: Messier, IC, NGC, Caldwell
  • 42,900+ Object Database: Including Planets, Named Stars, Double Stars, Variable Stars & User-Defined Objects
  • Backlash compensation
  • Periodic Error Correction
  • Premium PC Interface: ASCOM compatible, Nexstar-5i compatible protocol and command set
  • User-tunable LCD contrast, LED backlight and buzzer volume
“The first impressions of the assembly were of reassuring
 stability..…The 3-star  alignment is a  great  feature of the
Go-To facility. Every time we set up, it accurately place the
 item we wanted in the field of view of our 25mm eyepiece.
 The more  it was used,  the easier is was to go straight to
 an  object or star….The alignment  process  could not  be
simpler….In all,  the alignment process  works so well that
you can be on a selected object and tracking it accurately
 within minutes.…Overall the  EQ5 SynScan  gave a  new
 lease of life to our smaller scope. It is easy to carry and it
 allowed us to give friends and  neighbours a quick tour of
 the delights of the night skies.”
BBC Sky At Night Magazine

£449.00 inc. free delivery


UK Optical Solutions at Newton Ellis & Co.
29 Cheapside, Liverpool, L2 2DY
UK   -   0151 236 1391