My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 01.2019 | Page 34

Innovative Gear
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PALM-SIZE
GO TO MOUNT BIG BINOCULAR
OBSERVING PACKAGE GO TO HEAVYWEIGHT
Sky-Watcher ♦
skywatcherusa.com Orion Telescopes
& Binoculars ♦
oriontelescopes.com The CEM120 is the largest and
most-advanced equatorial mount
in iOptron’s expanding line of
Go To telescope mounts. Rated
for instruments weighing up to
115 pounds (52kg) and capable
of remote operation, the mount
is a candidate for permanent
installations, especially when
i tted with optional high-resolution
encoders. But when mated to its
optional Tri-pier 360 it is equally
well-suited for portable use in
the i eld. Our detailed review
of the CEM120 appears in the
November 2018 issue, page 66.
Small enough to i t in your hand,
but beefy enough to carry a
telescope weighing up to 11
pounds, the AZ-GTi is one of the
most compact Go To mounts we’ve
ever seen. It’s powered by eight
internal AA batteries and controlled
by a smartphone app, eliminating
the need for an external power
source and hand controller while
still having all the features you’d
expect from a mount with Go To
pointing and tracking. Look for our
Test Report on the AZ-GTi in the
coming months.
U.S. price: $379
JA N UA RY 2 019 • SK Y & TELESCOPE
Large binoculars and heavy-duty
parallelogram binocular mounts
are well-established products in
the amateur-astronomy market.
But Orion’s Monster Mount &
25×100 Binocular Kit has them
paired together, including a solid
tripod for the mount at a very
remarkable price, and that’s what
caught our eye in this year’s
search for Hot Products.
U.S. price: $799.99
iOptron ♦ ioptron.com
U.S. price: starting at $3,999