ZWO AM5 Harmonic Drive AZ-EQ Dual-Purpose Mount - up to 13kg - 20kg Payload - HEAD ONLY

THIS PRODUCT LISTING IS "HEAD ONLY", BUT A CARBON FIBER TRIPOD IS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY...

... OR BUY IT IN A BUNDLE (mount + tripod)

Comes with 2 years warranty

Watch on Youtube: How ZWO AM5 was born: 3 stages of AM5 before it leaves factory

TRIPOD COMPATIBITIY INFO:

A customer wanted to attach it to a Celestron Advanced VX tripod and the solution we found for him was the Berlebach 11178-GP-3/8 adapter plate. This is necessary to go between the AVX tripod and the AM5 mount. Click here.

Traditional equatorial mounts require heavy counterweights for use. Extra effort needed to achieve balance in RA and DEC directions and the extra weight makes them not so convenient when there is a need to take the equipment away to a dark site or even just to the other end of the garden...

Well made harmonic drive mounts bring the solution. The internal structure of the body is optimised with the harmonic drive speed reducer and synchronous belt, bringing more accurate control and an amazing reduction ratio of 300:1.

SUPPORT: ASCOM / INDI / SkySafari

LX200 PROTOCOL

Astronomy-dedicated Harmonic Speed Reducer

ZWO jointly developed with well-known domestic manufacturers to improve the harmonic drive speed reducer according to the actual needs of astro-photography.

It comes with very low periodic errors, smooth gearing and high torque. The guiding accuracy is 0.5-0.8 arc seconds, which makes the AM5 mount extremely suitable for astrophotography.

The internal structure of the body is optimised with the harmonic drive speed reducer and synchronous belt, bringing more accurate control and an amazing reduction ratio of 300:1.

PE Curve Report with Each Mount

ZWO measures each mount and provides it with an exclusive PE curve before it leaves the factory. The x-axis represents the periodic error. The periodic erro is kept within +/- 20 arc seconds.

Above photos show images at 200% zoom. A 130mm aperture APO telescope with 900mm focal length was used. The image scale is 1 arc second per pixel, basically reaches the limit of the AM5 mount, therefore when imaging faint DSO objects with long exposure times, we do not recommend to use the mount with telescope with longer focal length than this. Planetary imaging with much longer focal length is possible or shorter exposure of brigther deep sky objects as well.

Lightweight Mount with High Load Capacity

The mount weights 5 kg, which is a very good compromise between stability and portability.

Load capacity without a counterweight is 13kg.

The mount also comes with a counterweight, and when you use it, the load capacity increases to appr. 20kg.

DUAL PURPOSE MOUNT

The design of the mount makes it possible to change the pitch angle between 0 and 90 degrees, which also allows to convert the mount from equatorial into an Alt-Azimuth mount for convenient visual observations with your telescope.

WIRELESS CONTROL

HAND CONTROLLER

POWER FAILURE PROTECTION

CONNECTION WITH ASIAIR

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