Testar Australia is a technical assistant dealer for Avalon Instruments. Our staff has been trained at the Avalon Instruments factory to provide assistance, repairs and maintenance on their products. The Avalon EVO-Zero is a highly portable yet powerful equatorial mount, ideal for astrophotography on the go. Avalon's new compact belt drive system is a reliable and extremely accurate alternative to the increasingly popular strain wave-geared portable mounts. The EVO-Zero is extremely compact with a weight of 4.6kg and small dimensions (28 x 21 x 11 cm) and is finely CNC-machined from a solid aluminium block and anodized. The mount has a payload of 13kg without the need for counterweights (a 1.4kg counterweight is included for difficult to balance setups). No gears for incredible guided performance The majority of telescope mounts employ a worm drive gear system. This system however may produce a poor guiding performance due to mechanical errors in gears such as periodic error, rough gear surfaces and a play between gears (backlash). The EVO-Zero features an all belt-driven transmission system with special polymer fiberglass pulleys, high precision toothed belts and roller bearings. The EVO-Zero's HQ motors on both RA & DEC axes have an resolution of 0.1 arc seconds per step, giving very highly accurate guided tracking. Dual Alt-Az/Equatorial configuration Thanks to the latitude adjustment range of 0° to 90, the EVO-Zero can be used as both an Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial mount for visual as well as photographic use. For telescopes within the mount's payload capacity, it is only required to fix the telescope to the top clamp - no clutches needed! StarGo control system with Wi-Fi The mount is controlled by Avalon's StarGo control unit with ASCOM/INDI driver support for use with the most popular astronomical software. The mount can also be controlled via Wi-Fi with SkySafari Pro. Specifications Mount type Equatorial / Alt-azimuth mount Payload 13 kg Weight 4.6 kg Transmission system Four stages belts drive system Pulleys are made with special polymer and fiberglass. Material CNC anodized aluminium Go-To System StarGO GoTo Control System with Wi-Fi Polar finder Not included - there are mounting locations for Polemaster, iPolar Counterweight Bar with 1.4 kg included Dovetail saddle Vixen style Latitude range 0° - 90° Warranty 2 years (5 years for the transmission system) Included items EVO-Zero mount head Vixen Style dovetail saddle Mini counterweight bar 1.4kg counterweight Downloads Avalon EVO-Zero manual Avalon StarGo manual In order to download mount firmware & StarGo software: 1. Register for an account on the Avalon Instruments website. 2. Once registered, log into the support page. 3. Next to the "Manuals" tab, the "Software and App" tab will appear - click on this to find the firmware and StarGo downloads.
