
Orion Mounts
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Here you will find two portable mounts for astronomical observing and photography.
You will also find a number of selected accessories for these and other mounts. |
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| Sky Pro Portable Equatorial Mount - Load Capacity approx. 10kgs |
Atlas Heavy Equatorial Mount - Load Capacity approx. 18kgs |
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Sky Pro
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Accessories and Upgrades for the Orion Sky - Pro
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There are many available accessories and upgrade for the Sky Pro. You can make your mount fit for most applications of practical astronomy.
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Polar Alignment Scope for Sky Pro The polar alignment scope is not just inserted into the mount and then fixed in position with a rubber O-ring and three tiny thumbscrews. Instead it is properly screwed into the mount. That way there is no risk of misaligning the polar scope by accident. The plastic cover of the Sky Pro fits over the Polar Alignment Scope. For polar alignment you do not need to use the cumbersome method using scales and setting circles. Instead you just match the orientation of the constellations of Ursa Maior (the "Big Dipper") and Cassiopeia inside the polar scope with the orientation of the constellations on the real sky. Polar alignment thus takes only a few moments with equal precision.
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Single Axis and Dual Axis Motor Drives These motor drives offer an excellent value for money and a good tracking precision. You can use it for visual applications and photography with instruments up to 500mm (guided). Of course planetary and lunar imaging and photography of any other objects that require only short exposure times is no problem at all.
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Counterweights
For heavy telescopes or when using heavy accessories (camera, guide scope, ...) you will need additional counterweights. You can choose any counterweight from the BW EQ5 line. ........... Further Information (German) |
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Anti Vibration Pads
Orion Anti Vibration Pads are made of a special visco-elastic material that damps out vibrations quickly. Vibrations are one of the most common problems of many telescopes - whenever you touch the focuser of the telescope, or whenever there is a bit of wind, the image will start shaking and takes some time to stand still again. |
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Half Pillar for Sky Pro
Long telescope tubes have the tendency to collide with the tripod of a mount. Owners of refractors, long Newtonians, Maksutov-Newtonians etc. certainly know this problem. |
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Atlas & Atlas GoTo A massive mount for large telescopes - Newtonians up to 300mm aperture, large Schmidt-Cassegrains, ... There are several versions of this mount: Standard version for visual applications, professional version for astro-imaging, GoTo version. ![]() Atlas Vis - Standard version with normal dual axis controller - suitable for visual use and short exposure astro-imaging The dovetail plate shown is optional. |
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The Atlas is a heavy duty but still reasonably portable mount for both stationary and advanced portable use. It carries telescopes up to approx. 18kgs weight (depending on the lever arm).
The mount has a sensational value for money which makes it one of the most popular advanced mounts we know. Features of the Atlas: - massive adjustable height stainless steel tripod - dual axis motor drive integrated into the mount (different versions available) - polar alignment scope. Very easy to use through the Cassiopeia - UMa system. Setting circles are not needed for the operation of the polar scope. - large locking handles for both axes - large setting circles for conventionally locating objects We also offer many helpful accessories for this mount. Please see here for details! |
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Available Variants
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Low cost, sturdy mount for visual use and basic astrophotography
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Mount with many additional features for advanced astrophotography
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Like Atlas Foto, but with GoTo capability
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Original Atlas GoTo mount with very large object database
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![]() Atlas vis shown with optional dovetail plate |
Atlas Visual The standard Atlas offers an excellent value for money for mainly visual use. It has a dual axis motor drive, making it ideal for high magnification viewing, but also for some astro-imaging. The mount can later be upgraded with an improved motor drive for advanced imaging or even with GoTo capability. Visually we recommend this mount up to telescopes like a 300mm lightweight Newtonian or an 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain. Photographically the mount can also be used, but we recommend to stick with focal lengths of max. 500mm. The mount works on both Earth hemispheres. The direction buttons for the motors can be reversed. Useful Accessories for this mount. General Accessories for mounts. |
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Atlas Foto Mechanically the Atlas offers a great stability for demanding astro-imaging. However the motor drive of the standard version is a bit too simple for advanced use. For this reason we have created the Foto version of the Atlas together with Boxdoerfer. We use the solid mechanics of the Atlas coupled with better motors (capable of speeds up to 5° per second) and the sophisticated Powerflex MTS-3SDI controller. The motors are the same used also in the Atlas Foto GoTo which makes a later upgrade easy. |
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![]() MTS-3SDI controller |
Instead of the original motor drive we use the photographical motor drive Powerflex MTS-3SDI. The drive offers several advanced features for astro-imaging: - Periodic Error Correction - the resulting tracking error is usually below +/- 10" - Correction of the play in the Declination gears - supplies Autoguider control - customizable correction speeds - Micro step control - even better tracking precision - supplies Online software updates - can be upgraded to GoTo capabilities GoTo Upgrade The motors are capable of speeds up to about 5° per second. This is the ideal basis for a later upgrade to full Goto capability. You only need to buy the display for the controller and the keycode for the GoTo database. Useful Accessories for this mount. General Accessories for mounts. Version Foto GoTo |
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Atlas Foto GoTo The Atlas Foto GoTo is identical to the Atlas Foto, but has several additional features for standalone GoTo operation: - display attached to the SDI controller - 2,000+ object database. All other objects can be slewed-to after entering the coordinates - GoTo operation independent from a separate computer In addition you can of course enjoy the advanced photographical features of the regular Atlas Foto: - Periodic Error Correction - the resulting tracking error is usually below +/- 10" - Correction of the play in the Declination gears - supplies Autoguider control - customizable correction speeds - Micro step control - even better tracking precision - supplies Online software updates - can be upgraded to GoTo capabilities Further Information on the MTS-3SDI GoTo controller |
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The integrated GoTo motors can be used with speeds up to about 5° per second. For maximum GoTo precision needed for dark objects that are otherwise hard to find you can slew to a star in the vicinity of the object, update the GoTo alignment, and then slew to the object with highest possible precision. Useful Accessories for this mount. General Accessories for mounts. |
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Atlas Skyscan Goto - Version 3 The Atlas is available directly from the factory with an integrated GoTo drive system. The general capabilities are similar to that of the normal Atlas (visual version). The mount offers great stability even for large telescopes and is very convenient and easy to use for visual operation. Photographically we rather recommend the Atlas Foto Goto which has improved features for that application. The Atlas GoTo comes with the latest Skyscan Version 3 hand controllers - internet upgradable and with several bug fixes compared with the previous V2.x controllers. Specifications: - over 13,436 objects in the database incl. 25 user defined objects - GoTo speed up to 3.5° per second - fine correcting speeds for photography: 0.25x, 0.5x, 0.75x and 1x. - tracking speeds: sideral, lunar, solar - 1 star, 2 star and 3 star alignment possible. - power supply 11-15V, min 2 Amps - RS232 port for computer connection - cable included - autoguider port - English menu |
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It is possible to upgrade a standard EQ6 or Atlas with the Skyscan V3 GoTo kit. The kit consists of all needed parts for refitting the existing mounts. Important: Older mounts require new motors, newer mounts do not require new motors. Please check which motors you have in your mount before ordering! Useful Accessories for this mount. General Accessories for mounts. |
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| Pillar / Pedestal Adaptor for Atlas The Atlas is a popular choice for stationary use in observatories due to its excellent value for money and stability. We offer an adaptor with which you can adapt the mount to your pillar / pedestal more easily. Attaching the Mount to the Adaptor: The mount is fixed by a single M12 bolt from underneath. The bolt is countered by a roller bearing. The mount can be precisely polar aligned without having to loosen the bolt.
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Other Useful Accessories And Upgrades With Links To The Product Presentation
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Anti Vibration Pads
Orion Anti Vibration Pads are made of a special visco-elastic material that damps out vibrations quickly. Vibrations are one of the most common problems of many telescopes - whenever you touch the focuser of the telescope, or whenever there is a bit of wind, the image will start shaking and takes some time to stand still again. |
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Half Pillar for Atlas
Long telescope tubes have the tendency to collide with the tripod of a mount. Owners of refractors, long Newtonians, Maksutov-Newtonians etc. certainly know this problem. |
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Gerade größere
Ferngläser versprechen viel Beobachtungsspaß. Der endet aber schnell, wenn man mit etwas
höheren Vergrößerungen und auch Gewichten ab 900 Gramm arbeitet. Das Zittern wird
verstärkt und verhindert somit das Erkennen feiner Details. Einfache Fotostative bringen da schon etwas aber feinfühlige Schwenks sind nicht so einfach. Vor allem wenn das Fernglas höherliegende Objekte anvisieren soll, wie ein Flugzeug, einen Berggipfel oder ein Objekt des nächtlichen Sternhimmels, wird es mit einem Fotostativ problematisch. Nicht so mit der TS Binomount! Feinfühlige Schwenks - bis senkrecht nach oben Welche Ferngläser können verwendet werden |
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Beobachten
mit der TS Binomount Binnen Sekunden kann von der Horizontbeobachtung zur Himmels- beobachtung gewechselt werden. Egal ob ein Flugzeug, ein Vogel oder gar ein Gasnebel unserer Milchstraße das Ziel ist. Bis zum Zenit kann das Glas problemlos geschwenkt werden und wenn man es loslässt, bleibt es an der gewünschten Position stehen. |
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