FEATURES:

• Two-arm fork layout, ALT/AZ or equatorial layout      
• 5 pre-set tracking speeds (sideral, solar, lunar, “user” and “land mode”)
• up to 80cm optical tube telescope (or smaller arrays with a total payload up to more than 300Kgs in equatorial mode)     
• Non sidereal objects tracking capability
• Steel – aluminum frame           
• Park and Homing functions
• Concrete base/pier interface provided. Custom piers available       
• Sub arcsecond non sidereal objects/satellite tracking capability
• Fine tuning settings for latitude and azimuth polar alignment when installed in EQ mode
• High precision, heavy payload capable field derotator at Nasmyth focus
• Easy and fast restart after previous session end and/or failure      
• Hand pad brightness tuning
• Pre-loaded precision oversized ball bearings on both axes    
• Software selectable mount movement limits
• FEA optimized structure for high stiffness           
• Electromechanical safety brakes presents
• Minimized thermal dilatation
• Auto sync possible (sync on a bright star near the desired object)
• Microprocessor controlled motors on both axes
• Internal high precision real time clock
• Full control from local/remote PC, basic functions from local hand pad  
• Automatic alignment from last position (resume)
• Direct Drive or high torque AC brusheless motors on both axes     
• Automatic alignment from park or home position
• Real-time tracking correction and motion metrology on both axes
• Complete advanced T-Point pointing model functions
• Absolute Heidenhain on axis encoders, with a resolution up to 28 bit (0.004 arc/sec)           
• Full TCS management software (Windows) provided
• Programmable slewing/point speed, tipically up to 12°/s. Higher speed available
• ASCOM driver provided
• Middle term (20 minutes) tracking precision +/-0,25 arcsec RMS 
• Software Bisque The Sky X Pro – T-Point – Camera Add On with license included
• Pointing error, typical (before mount modeling): 12 arcmin
• Communication protocol and SDK provided, for third-party software development
• Typical pointing error after mount modelling: less than 10 arcsec            
• Power supply and complete user manual provided
• Wide internal object database, expandable and online upgradable

DESCRIPTION:

The new mount from Officina Stellare: the right choice for professional applications. 

Officina Stellare is very proud to present a new mount for telescopes up to 80cm (or smaller telescopes arrays with a total payload up to more than 300Kgs in equatorial mode), available both in equatorial and alt/az version. It’s a new a professional mount, ready for every demanding user. The structure is optimized for high stiffness and is designed to minimize any thermal deformation. It is available both with direct drive or AC brushless high torque motors on both axes.

Absolute Heidenhain on axis encoders are very precise, with a resolution up to 28 bits (0.004 arcsec) thus allowing real-time tracking correction on each axis and motion metrology as well. After modelling, the measured and working pointing error is tipically 5 arcsec RMS and the tracking precision is tipically +/- 0.25 arcsec RMS over a 20 minutes exposure. These are not theoretical values, but measured ones.

The mount is provided with a fully featured software suite: The Sky X pro© with all optional packages included. This provides to the customer the capability to use the most complete and advanced modeling core available today: T-point©. 

So you can get your mount ready to use, for all kind of research works, including astronomical, satellite tracking and laser communication applications.