Acuter Traverse Mount with 3pod T8 and Chrono-Timelapse Assembly

Description

Acuter Traverse Mount is an exciting and innovative Acuter Traverse lifestyle mount outfit is both a highly portable computerised Go-To Alt-Azimuth mount for astronomy as well as being a mount capable of fully fledged Time-Lapse photography using your smartphone.

With it’s built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, it has been designed to be used anywhere, without any reliance on any other Wi-Fi networks, and controlled wirelessly with your Smartphone or Tablet using the free Acuter Sky or Acuter Landscape Apps for iOS or Android.

The Acuter Traverse Mount & Acuter Sky App provide full computerised Go-To control of a compact telescope OTA up to 2.5kg, allowing it to be automatically slewed to any one of the objects in the App’s extensive database of 11,000+ celestial objects. After entering your coordinates into the App and following a simple alignment procedure, you are ready to explore the universe using the App’s intuitive touchscreen menu.

Using the Acuter Traverse Mount with the included Time-Lapse Kit & Acuter Landscape App, it allows you to take creative & visually inspiring time-lapse photos and movies with unusual, interesting perspectives & pans using your smartphone. Within the App, there is extensive controllability available such as choosing the speed, shooting time, rotation angle, rotation direction & number of round trips.

*Please note: Telescope OTA, Smartphone & External Power Bank depicted in product photos not included. Not for use with regular cameras.*

FEATURES:

• Controller: Acuter Sky App (Astronomy Go-To Mode) or Acuter Landscape App (Time Lapse Mode*). *Note: Time-Lapse mode must be supported on your smart device
• Operating Systems Supported: iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch 12.0 or later) / MacOS (11.0 or later / Mac with Apple M1 or later chip) / : Android OS (6.0 or later)
• Acuter Sky Celestial Object Database: 11,000+ Objects
• Go-To Alignment Method: 1, 2 or 3 Star Alignment.
• Connectivity: Via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi

SPECIFICATIONS:

• SNAP port (not applicable for time-lapse mode)
• Motor Drive: DC Servo Motor
• Power Requirement: DC 5V – 6.5V, 1A. (4 x AA Batteries, not included, or external via USB-C Port)
• Internal Battery Compartment
• Maximum Height (to top of Mount Head): 1600mm (Tripod legs fully extended)
• Minimum Height (to top of Mount Head): 780mm (Tripod legs retracted)
• Traverse Mount Head: 2.5kg Payload Capacity, 3/8“ Tripod Thread Connection & 45mm Side Mounted Dovetail Saddle
• Smartphone widths accommodated:  55mm to 85mm
• Acuter T8 Tripod (3-Section Extendable Aluminium Legs with Elevation)
• Traverse Mount head weight: 0.82kg
• Time-Lapse Kit weight: 0.92kg
• Tripod weight: 1.3kg