Mark III is a lightweight and portable German equatorial mount with a delicate harmonic gear system. Despite its lightweight of 7.95kg, Mark III boasts outstanding payload capacity, quick dynamic response and accurate data-transmission and processing. It’s a great option for astro-observation or astrophotography, and a handy and functional helper along your journey to the universe exploration. Mark III equatorial mount is powered by Onstep, a fantastic open source software. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the developers and all relevant contributors who have helped a lot to improve the Onstep software. We will also do our best to make possible improvements and modifications to Onstep based on the practical operations to make this software and thus our equatorial mount perform more smoothly. Specifications Weight of the main body (without counterweight and counterweight bar) 7.65KG Weight of special carbon fiber tripod (with extension tube) 4.95KG Total weight (without counterweight and counterweight bar) 12.6KG Counterweight and counterweight bar A standard 5KG counterweight and a counterweight bar (304 stainless steel) Dovetail saddle Standard 200mm Losmandy & Vixen style dovetail saddle Dimension The diameter of the main body's base is 160mm, the maximum height of the main body is 38cm, and the maximum width is 30cm Dimension of tripod (including a one-stage extension tube) 82cm of height and 98cm of width when expanded, 93cm of height when retracted, The above data includes the extension tube. Level adjustment of tripod (with a high level bubble) Height adjustment within 2.5cm, with fine-tuning and locking system Latitude adjustment range 15-90° (90° is the motorized Alt-Azimuth mode) North pointing horizontal azimuth adjustment range 4° Effective payload
