Fornax 155 GoTo Mount for telescopes up to 120 kg weight - for observatories

Fornax Equatorial GoTo Mounts for Astrophotography and Observation

The Fornax 155 comes with much strengthened and improved wormbox that makes it an even more precise mount. The new housing of the worm drive is stronger and it has got an extra unit that holds it in exact position, eliminating any sideway movement that could have occured in earlier versions when changing direction under heavy load.

Robust Body
The Fornax 155 telescope mount is a heavy duty German Equatorial mount for precise positioning and tracking large telescopes up to about 100 kg. Although there are examples of use of even heavier telescopes up to 150 kg, the recommended maximum load is about 100 kg for this telescope mount when used for imaging.

High accurate tracking
The mechanism of this extremely sturdy mount is being made of aluminium alloy, cast aluminium, bronze and stainless steel. The worm and the electric motor are located in an enclosed, sealed space (waterproof and dust-proof), making it less sensitive to dust and temperature fluctuations, and is practically maintenance free. Thanks to the ingenious solution of the inner drive mechanism this telescope mount doesn?t suffer from any backlash. Typical periodic error (when not guided) is less than +/- 6 arc seconds (one period on the worm gear is 7.5 minutes long!). When using auto guiding, the mount reacts immediately, so corrections are very fast and completely free of play. This is the ultimate solution for astrophotography with a high quality/price ratio.

The MC5 GoTo controller with hand box

The control was developed by Ursa Minor for large mounts and is ideal for Fornax mounts. Of course, the control unit is delivered readily adjusted with the mount. About 50,000 objects are already contained in the database.

Power supply 12 V to 30 V - we recommend 24-30 Volt stabilized power supply

Maximum current consumption 2.5 A (controller only)

Computer connection - USB available

Autoguiderport ST4 level available

DSLR control (2.5 mm stereo jack) available

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