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- First ReviewDecember 13, 2011
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If you're looking for a heavy duty GoTo mount for all your observing or astrophotography needs, the Orion Atlas EQ-G computerized GoTo telescope mount is perfect. It supports up to 40lbs and finds over 42,900 celestial objects with pushbutton ease.
Rating
Fine tuning required
PostedDecember 13, 2011
Timetraveler62
from Oak Hills, CA
Owned this product for:Less than 3 mos
Mechanical Quality
4
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5
Tracking Accuracy
5
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5
Ease of Assembly & Use
5
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5
Stability
5
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5
Value
5
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5
I have had the Atlas EQ-G mount a little over a month now and I am just now getting the stars to show in a wide field eye piece. Most of the problem was in the polar alignment scope which I had to fine tune. The manual tells one how to do this but I wanted to exhaust all other possabilites that I was not doing something wrong before I started making adjustments. Another small problem was that the RA lock would not hold which made tracking almost impossible. That was a easy fix by moving the lock lever but it took a while to figure out what was going on. Now the 3 star alignment is dead on and whatever object I select with the Go-To feature is always in the field of view. I tracked M42 for 6 hours and it never left the field of view although at 5 hours a small adjustment was needed. I have not done any fine tuning for tracking as yet. The mount is a good investment for the serious amature and the Go-To feature is great after 20 years of using setting circles, Telrad and finder scope.
Favorite viewing location: My back yard.
Pros: great tracking
Cons: fine tuning required
Yes, I recommend this product!
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