by Astronomy Technologies
Date first available at Amazon.com: September 19, 2011
1 used & new from $299.00
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Review & Description
We received notice that the Voyager Mounts have arrived at Astro-Tech's warehouse and we should have them within 3 days or so. All backorders will be filled immediately.
Astro Tech Voyager Mount
The Astro Tech Voyager Mount is an exceptionally well-made and stable mount. The Astro Tech Voyager Mount is perfect for grab-and-go terrestrial observing and casual visual astronomy. The lightweight all-metal Astro-Tech Voyager can hold substantial optical tubes weighing up to 20 pounds (9kg), but there are no heavy counterweights to attach to balance a heavy tube and no alignment on the celestial pole needed to start observing. Simply slide your optical tube into the Vixen-style dovetail on the Voyager mount's altitude axis and start viewing.
The angle of the mount's altitude arm that holds your scope can be changed from vertical to 45 degrees on either side of vertical. This allows you to put the azimuth control knob on either the right or left hand side of the mount to suit your personal observing preferences. The mount has two slow-motion control knobs (one altitude and one azimuth), plus an 8.25" flexible control cable that can be substituted for the short azimuth control knob for more convenient tracking when the mount is used with physically longer scopes.
The Astro-Tech Voyager mount has a dual friction clutch system that lets you quickly point a scope towards a target manually, then track it in any direction with the smooth 120-tooth worm gear 360 degree slow-motion controls. There's no need to undo mechanical clutches in order to aim your scope as you have to do when conventional slow motion controls run out of travel before you reach your target. If you want to aim your scope at another part of the sky, simply push it. The friction clutches disengage and the scope moves freely 360Degree in any direction. Once you're on or near the target, the slow motion control knobs let yo Read more
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