LX800 Series Mount

Construction

Machined stainless steel and aircraft grade 6061-T6 aluminum form a durable and extremely stable platform capable of accommodating a 90 pound instrument payload. Precision roller bearings on both RA and DEC axes, and 0.68" diameter brass worms and 5.8" diameter 225-tooth aluminum gears deliver smooth, precision movements of the optical tube assembly.

Internal Cabling

Internal channels to route mounting and accessory cables prevents snags during setup and observations.

Counterweight

A 1.75" diameter threaded stainless steel counterweight shaft with 18 pound threaded stainless steel counterweights provide easy and safe adjustments of telescope balance.

AutoStar II GoTo System

The 144,000 object database puts moons, planets, star clusters, and galaxies at your fingertips. Simply push of the GoTo button and AutoStar II will align itself with the celestial object of your interest.

StarLock Automatic Guiding

Full-Time Automatic Guide Star Selection

Regardless of target, StarLock automatically identifies a suitable guide star as faint as 11th magnitude and locks on. Once locked on, guide corrections are automatically made until you slew to another target or turn it off. Unlike standard autoguiders that issue guide corrections in the form of speed and time, the StarLock communicates directly with the motor controllers providing specific commands in real-time, resulting in more accurate and faster corrections.

Ultra-Precision Pointing

StarLock uses its two cameras to refine pointing to an accuracy of one arcminute, which ensures the selected object will end up on your imaging sensor, a must of those faint objects you cannot visually confirm.

Drift Alignment Assist

Automatically selects and slews to two guide stars then uses its guiding optic to capture an image as a reference. The Drift Alignment program then calculates the distance the mount must be adjusted to precisely align with the celestial pole before moving the optical tube the calculated distance to re-center the guide star using the altitude and azimuth controls on the mount head. This feature dramatically speeds up the drift alignment process.

Lightswitch Alignment

Automatically centers alignment stars using its two cameras, taking the guesswork out of alignment.