Ioptron ZEQ25GT mount?

[beginner]

Anat,

Thank you for sharing your review of the mount.
We should thankful that iOptron is actively making new products progressively.
Their fair pricing also enable newcomers to experience GOTO which at one time was a costly thing.

[PETER LOO]

Wow, impressive work Anat, thanks for sharing your indepth analysis on this Mount, it changed my way of thinking and perceptions on what is a "Good Mount" now n.b. can shed some light in English ?

[Gary]

I just got my ZEQ25 and wrote an "in-depth" review in my local forum:
http://darasart.com/webboard/Question.asp?GID=4268

The mechanical problem can be solved easily. It is still worth it because the ZEQ25 mount is the lightest and least expensive mount capable to do serious astrophotography.

Well done Anat! Thanks for sharing!

Those who can't read Thai can try the translation feature in your browser (e.g. Chrome). Not perfect but at least you get a rough idea.

I think there is local amateur astronomer in this forum who can read Thai very well.

[anat]

I make an instruction to fix the crosstalk noise. Please feel free to download from here and comment.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3RSuv9 ... sp=sharing

[Davegn]

Hi anat,

It seems my mount does not suffer from this. Even if it does. It post no effect on my current setup. (=

Nevertheless. Thank for sharing the doc file in such details!

[anat]

Baby Mach1 for cable management

[orly_andico]

ha! didn't notice that about the cable management..

the iEQ45 is also obviously patterned after the AP900, albeit on a much smaller scale and when you look closely it's rough and the castings somewhat crude.

[anat]

I think it doesn't intend for the cable management. But the RA and DEC axes are hollow (without polarscope). So, I tried and found that it worked

[orly_andico]

Anat, is iAstrohub going to work with this thing?

Please do report on your findings. I am finding that hauling the Mach1 is still quite a chore, so a smaller lighter but hopefully capable mount is something I really want. Tak P2Z is impossible to find and has no GoTo. EM11 too expensive.

[anat]

Anat, is iAstrohub going to work with this thing?

Please do report on your findings. I am finding that hauling the Mach1 is still quite a chore, so a smaller lighter but hopefully capable mount is something I really want. Tak P2Z is impossible to find and has no GoTo. EM11 too expensive.

orly_andico,

I am using the iAstroHub to control the ZEQ25GT mount and my DSLR+CCD from my iPad/Nexus. Skysafari also works with iAstroHub. No need to buy the SkyFi I actually purchase this mount to fulfill my need for portability. QHY Intercam 8300 developer version is coming to complete my setup One cable from the CCD to QHY6 for guiding and one cable from the CCD to the mount. So a tablet can control everything. Very portable and revolutionary

Skychart (CDC) on iAstroHub still cannot control the mount due to the driver issue. I have to look into it. However, recently I prefer Skysafari.

Anat