Orion 10010 Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount

The Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G GoTo Mount is certain to become a favorite among intermediate to experienced observers and astrophotographers. This three-in-one smart mount not only operates in equatorial GoTo mode, but also in an Altazimuth GoTo and Tracking mode while holding one or even two different telescopes. Control the Orion Atlas Pro via the included illuminated hand controller, or control it robotically with your PC/laptop, or even wirelessly from your iOS mobile device with optional Orion StarSeek software and Wi-Fi module (software app and module sold separately). In addition to the dual Altaz and EQ modes, the Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G boasts some other key enhancements over the standard Atlas EQ-G Mount, including a smooth yet very robust latitude adjustment for accurate polar alignment, beefier Right Ascension (RA) and Declination (Dec) clutch adjustments, a thicker counterweight shaft - 1" in diameter - and a thread on counterweight shaft extension. The newly engineered equatorial head will carry a 44-pound telescope payload. The mount comes standard with an upgraded belt-driven stepper motor drive system that can locate over 42,000 objects in the sky with tracking precision of 0.1436 arc-second steps. The drive has closed-loop electronics, with two sets of encoders per axis, meaning that once aligned you can manually move the telescope to a new target and the mount will still know where it's pointing in the sky!