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AVALON EVO-ZERO MOUNT

$7,999.00AUD
SKU: AV-1EVO000

Avalon

Equatorial

Payload: 13 kg without counterweight

4.6 kg

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Testar Australia is a technical assistant dealer for Avalon Instruments. Our staff has been trained at the Avalon Instruments factory to provide assistance, repairs and maintenance on their products. 

 

The Avalon EVO-Zero is a highly portable yet powerful equatorial mount, ideal for astrophotography on the go. Avalon's new compact belt drive system is a reliable and extremely accurate alternative to the increasingly popular strain wave-geared portable mounts.

The EVO-Zero is extremely compact with a weight of 4.6kg and small dimensions (28 x 21 x 11 cm) and is finely CNC-machined from a solid aluminium block and anodized. The mount has a payload of 13kg without the need for counterweights (a 1.4kg counterweight is included for difficult to balance setups).

 

 

No gears for incredible guided performance 

The majority of telescope mounts employ a worm drive gear system. This system however may produce a poor guiding performance due to mechanical errors in gears such as periodic error, rough gear surfaces and a play between gears (backlash).

The EVO-Zero features an all belt-driven transmission system with special polymer fiberglass pulleys, high precision toothed belts and roller bearings. The EVO-Zero's HQ motors on both RA & DEC axes have an resolution of 0.1 arc seconds per step, giving very highly accurate guided tracking. 

Dual Alt-Az/Equatorial configuration

Thanks to the latitude adjustment range of 0° to 90, the EVO-Zero can be used as both an Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial mount for visual as well as photographic use. For telescopes within the mount's payload capacity, it is only required to fix the telescope to the top clamp - no clutches needed!

StarGo control system with Wi-Fi

The mount is controlled by Avalon's StarGo control unit with ASCOM/INDI driver support for use with the most popular astronomical software. The mount can also be controlled via Wi-Fi with SkySafari Pro. 

    Specifications

     

    Mount type

    Equatorial / Alt-azimuth mount

    Payload

    13 kg

    Weight

    4.6 kg

    Transmission system

    Four stages belts drive system 
    Pulleys are made with special polymer and fiberglass.

    Material

    CNC anodized aluminium

    Go-To System

    		 StarGO GoTo Control System with Wi-Fi

    Polar finder

    		 Not included - there are mounting locations for Polemaster, iPolar

    Counterweight

    		 Bar with 1.4 kg included

    Dovetail saddle

    		 Vixen style

    Latitude range

    		 0° - 90°

    Warranty

    2 years (5 years for the transmission system)

     

     Included items

     

    • EVO-Zero mount head
    • Vixen Style dovetail saddle
    • Mini counterweight bar
    • 1.4kg counterweight

    Downloads

     

    ZWO camera software Avalon EVO-Zero manual

    ZWO camera software Avalon StarGo manual

     

    In order to download mount firmware & StarGo software:

    1. Register for an account on the Avalon Instruments website.

    2. Once registered, log into the support page.

    3. Next to the "Manuals" tab, the "Software and App" tab will appear - click on this to find the firmware and StarGo downloads.

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