Traditional equatorial mounts often require heavy counterweights, making them cumbersome and difficult to balance in RA and DEC directions, also inconvenient for transit, storage and assembling;While some newer harmonic mount may lack multifunctionality, have insufficient load capacity, and suffer from stability issues and cable tangling.
To address these issues, the new AM5 Harmonic Mount (2024 edition) eliminates the need for counterweights, offers high load capacity (15kg without counterweights, 20kg with a 5kg counterweight), and balances portability with stability. The ZWO's customized strain wave geared reducer ensures precision with an accuracy within 10". It can be used as both an equatorial and alt-azimuth mount, with an altitude adjustment range of 0-90 degrees.
ZWO AM5N
Mount type： German Equatorial Mount
Mount mode： Equatorial/Alt-Azimuth
Drive： Strain Wave Gear + synchronous belt (300:1 reduction ratio)
Periodic error： <‡10"
PE duration： 2885*
Drive (RA)： Stepper motor + synchronous belt + 17 type 100 reduction ratio strain wave gear + brake
Drive (DEC)： Stepper motor + synchronous belt + 17 type 100 reduction ratio strain wave gear
Payload：
- 15kg (without counterweight)
- 20kg (with counterweight) @25cm
Mount weight： 5.5kg
Latitude adjustment range： 0°-90°
Azimuth adjustment range： $6°
Dovetail saddle： Losmandy & Vixen
Interface thread for counterweight bar： M12X1.75 coarse teeth
Resolution： 0.17"
Max slew speed： 6%
Slew speed： 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 20x,60x, 720x, 1440x
Power port： DC5.5 - 2.1(12V- 3A)
Power consumption：
- Standby: 12V/0.4A
- Tracking: 12V/0.7A
- GOTO: 12V/0.9A (1.7A-Heavy Load Mode)
Auto Guide port： ST4
Communication： USB/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
Zero position： Mechanical
Operating： -20°C-40°C
Power-off brake： RA axis
Cable Management： Support