A guide to the SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5 GT Pro SynScan dual purpose mount
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- A guide to the SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5 GT Pro SynScan dual purpose Equatorial and Alt-Azimuth mount.
In this video we take a detailed look at the SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5 GT Pro SynScan dual purpose Equatorial and Alt-Azimuth mount.t. It’s a small mount with a big name, but this dual role mount from SkyWatcher is the little brother of the highly successful AZ-EQ6 - and well deserves its big name. Our video shows you the most important points to consider. We’ve left out a detailed description of the V4 handset and the ‘Freedom-Find’ dual encoder system as we have covered them elsewhere (Star Discovery 150P) and these features have now become familiar on all the latest high specification mountings from this manufacturer. Don’t forget to subscribe if you want to see more videos like this.
Presented by Robert J Dalby FRAS
Produced by Astronomy and Nature TV
I have just ordered this mount and you have just reinforced my decision. Thank you, from Western Australia.
In the unlikely event you see this, I'm wondering, after a year of ownership, how happy are you with this mount? Strenghts & weakness? Thanks!
It all sounds very sophisticated, I must say.
You should upload more often!! I absolutely love your videos, especially the moon one!!
You do the best astronomy equipment reviews on You Tube. Very useful indeed!
Me and my bro love your videos. Thank you for all you do. Your information is very helpful and really appreciated.
Finally a decent review of the mount. Thanks for the review, and keep up the good work.
Thanks. Love your videos. I'm on the lookout for an EQ mount that would go all the way down to 1 degree lat. This video was super helpful in evaluating the mount.
Absolutely wonderful presentation: top notch production values and commentary based on thoroughly solid research. Well done indeed - typical first-rate content from your Channel. Thank you very much.
Very useful review and comparsion to other eq5's, thanks a lot.
@13:15 Love that slewing sound.
Wonderful video. Very informative and helpful in my search for a mount. Thanks
My Newtonian tube is 11kg (N 200/1200 Skyliner Classic). Balancing the mount it requires to have both the counterweights to the very end of the extension rod. When the weight is balanced in RA and DEC the stepper motors have no problem turning the telescope. But I doubt that you can balance a 15 kg payload as described in the specifications
As an owner of a Losmandy GM-8, considering an upgrade to Go-To operation via their Gemini 2 Upgrade Kit, the cost of this SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5 GT Pro SynScan mount, is less than than the upgrade cost. While SkyWatcher isn't manufactured from CNC machined and anodized aluminum, it sure packs a punch value-wise.
Cheers mate, thanks for videos
A good review and I like the foldable tripod pier versus the standard clunky tripods on Chinese mounts which require installing the spreader to stabilize the legs.
One area missing is the height of the dovetail on this mount, especially in equatorial mode. Looks low, so not necessarily a good match for longer length refractors.
As a Canadian one has to search a UK web site to get cognitive information on this mount. Recently, SkyWatcher Canada shut down its office, no wonder
any inquiry sent to them fell on deaf ears.
Again very good review - thank you
Great Review, Thanks.
Would you ever consider doing a paid facetime virtual lesson on this machine? I bought one but I am confused about how to use it. Thanks.
thank you so much for your help both if you
I love your wallpaper, where can I order one?
Shame I was hoping to see how tall if stands with legs fully extended. Hopefully that is as tall as it can extend because that is pretty short but low enough a small child would be able to look into a telescope. I am interested in this mount for entry level astroimaging hard debate over getting this or the AVX I wanted the Orion Sirius with the ED80 but they're sold out will not be back in stock till the middle of April I am very impatient to wait that long. They really should've had them in a ware house I don't know why they didn't have them on stand by when they ran out, 2 months to wait now for them to build them.
This mount shines when you make use of the dual encoder.
Thanks for your in-depth review. Was wondering what is the latitude range for this mount? I live 1 degree north of the equator.
Very good review, I’m planning to buy it but I'm reading issues of serious slop in the RA, DEC wobble, requirement to do re-alighment to worm gear. Things like that which was not fixed even when the mount sent to manufacturer, I'm not sure how serious these all as I'm new to astronomy. Any advise please!
Great Video. How do you connect this mount to Stellarium? is there built in bluetuth in the controller for use with Safari pro?
Would you say, the EQ5-AZ ist sturdy enough for a Celestron 925 OTA with a finderscope and a 2' Ocular?
Please give me advice, i might have bought eqm 35 with broken electronics and i am thinking about buying a new mount and i considered this AZ-EQ5 GT Pro SynScan, but people i know from my astronomy forum says that this mount is terrible for astrophotography and i couldn't find any more reviews. Can someone help?
So I have telescope skywatcher skyliner 300p ,can be use on this mount?
Hello. Is this mount enough for the SkyWatcher 120ED?
Did I hear that right? I could run an XT10 on one side and an 80mm refractor on the other in alt-az mode? Or is 30 lbs total? Can I run an XT10 OTA in alt-az mode only for visual?
Dose anyone know how to turn an equatorial mount with motor drives using a laptop into a goto setup?
Very good review. Just one thing. I wondered when you mentioned the EQ5 Pro and it´s 18 kg of load capacity. You meant to say EQ6 Pro right?
+Jeppe Thaning Hi and thanks for your query. No, I was referring to the HEQ5 Pro - the stated capacity of that mount is 18kg and I suggested that 12 to 13kg was a more realistic figure for reliable and repeatable imaging. The N/EQ-6 Pro is rated at 25kg for visual with the typical imaging payload capacity trimmed down to 17/18kg. So quite a bit more capacity than the HEQ5 Pro. I hope this helps. KR RJD ANTV
+Astronomy and Nature TV Hi. I was beginning to suspect that that was what you were referring to. Very difficult to distinguish between the two when you just hear it. Thanks for the very quick response.
Hi, but when you gon on the skywatcher web site, at least in Canada and US, HEQ5 load capacity is 13.7 Kilos and EQ6 Pro 18 kilos, quite confusing i must say.
I thought the AZ payload was 20Kg?
15 KG per side
“A very precise sound!” 😅
`Does it come with a auto guider?
Hi, where can I get that wallpaper?!
Una lástima que no permita subtítulos traducidos - A pity that does not allow translated subtitles
Should the orion nebula be clearly visible through my 8 inch skywatcher reflector and an oIII filter?
hi there please can you help me?
I have a skywatcher 1145p skyhawk with the aliment remote I'm very unsure how to use it and the scopes I've got with it. I only use one and that's the super scope I don't know how to use the others as when I put them on I can't see through them everything is blury. please can you help me by uploading a video or anything just to help me please. I'm new to telescopes and I want to learn. also which would be best scope to see very close up to planets moon ect only one I use I only can see the moon a little not to good detail thank you for time kim.
Are you using the focusing wheels?
Yes I am I've figured out how to use the barlow lens now.. I really need to get new lenses to see further can you recommend any? For this telescope thank you for replying to me
+kim smart Hi Kim firstly take a look at our video titled Getting started with your new astronomy telescope - you can see it here: ua-cam.com/video/2oG73hVHzf0/v-deo.html
Follow the basic guidelines, and if anything is not clear post a message here. I hope this helps. KR RJD ANTV
Hey thanks for your reply. Can you recommend any good vision scopes to buy for this certain telescope please to see further than what I am. I can only see the moon I can't see planets etc thanks
kim smart I have to be realistic to you, with a 500mm focal length your telescope is better for low mag (bright and large galaxies and nebulae), but if you don't care about that, with a 5mm eyepiece and the 2X barlow you have 200X, which is more or less the limit of your telescope. That magnification is enough for pretty good images of Jupiter and maybe Saturn rings in good seeing conditions.
is this mount stable, please? is it as stable as the classic mount?
Hi there, well it was a debatable point. In the form we presented, the mini pier tripod made it less likely that the AZ-EQ5 was as stable as the HEQ5 Pro mount (that you refer to as the 'classic') in my opinion. The narrow base geometry of the tripod and the fixed set point of the head, made the mount less resistant to mechanical interference (wind, oscillations caused by momentum transfer within the mount etc). But this mount/tripod combination has been discontinued (in the UK and Europe anyway) in favor of the standard field tripod. So that potential weakness has been eliminated and I think the performance now, as regards stability, is equal to the 'classic'. I hope this helps. KR RJD A&NTV
@@RocketPlanet : Hi, The term "classic" I used is a standard tripod, compared to a tripod type column, as can be selected on this product spécification (two option : 'satandard(classic tripod) or 'column' tripod..) on this site : www.pierro-astro.com/materiel-astronomique/montures/montures-alt-azimutales/monture-az-eq5-gt-pro-goto_detail . Is the new column tripod type as stable than the standard , in your appreciation, please ?
Hi there, maybe re-read my previous reply to you - slowly. I have answered your question in the second sentence. KR RJD A&NTV
@@RocketPlanet Excuse me, i don't speak english very well !! I'm going to re read...
@@RocketPlanet : it means that the type column tripod (actual) is as stable than the 'classic' tripod ?
I think the next thing manufachturers have to absolutely do is get rid of tose ancient cables and get usb in the party
30 kg or 30 lbs.? I guess you are mixing it up
Pay all this money for a mount... and they still have screw-in pegs for the dovetail mount..... why????
This dents the dovetail bar on the telescope....
in AZ mode, are you still need to polar setting first?