Sky-watcher Star Adventurer Astro Package
| Article number: | S20510 |
| Availability: | More on the Way to us |
| Delivery time: | More on the Way to Us |
The Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer is a user-friendly and multi-function mount to satisfy all your needs for astronomy, astrophotography and time-lapse photography. It is a high precision, portable and stable celestial tracking platform for sidereal, solar and lunar tracking with automatic DSLR shutter release control. Also, it contains preprogrammed parameters assisting you to create interesting time-lapse videos with your DSLR.
The Astro Package includes the Star Adventurer mount, polar scope illuminator, and dec bracket. Optional EQ base is available.
OTA, tripod and counterweight kit are not included.
Quick Overview
- Multiple preprogrammed speeds for time lapse photography
- Tracking rate selectable between Sidereal, Solar and Lunar
- Built in polar scope with illuminator
- DSLR interfrace for automatic shutter control
- Built-in auto-guiding interface
- Low power consumption
- External Mini USB power support
- Compatible with 3/8 and 1/4 inch camera tripod thread
- Lifetime free firmware upgrade
- 11 pound maximum payload
| Optical Design | No |
|---|---|
| Field Flattener | No |
| Aperture (mm) | No |
| Focal Length | No |
| Focal Ratio | No |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 1 (mm) | No |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 1 | No |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 2 (mm) | No |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 2 | No |
| Finderscope | No |
| Diagonal | No |
| Tube Rings | No |
| Mount Type | Ultra compact equatorial tracking platform |
| Saddle Type | Vixen-style dovetail |
| Mounting Threads | 1/4-20 or 3/8 |
| Motor Drive | DC servo |
| Tracking Rates | Sidereal, 1/2 Sidereal, Solar, Lunar. Time-lapse photography: 12hr/4hr/2hr rev. |
| Power | External min-USB power support or 4 AA batteries |
| Payload | 11 pounds |
| Mount Weight | No |
| Highest Useful Magnification | No |
| Lowest Useful Magnification | No |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude | No |
| Resolution (Rayleigh) | No |
| Resolution (Dawes) | No |
| Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye) | No |
| Optical Coatings | No |
| Fully Illuminated Field | No |
| Optical Tube Length | No |
| Optical Tube Weight | No |