Explore Scientific 0456100 iEXOS-100 PMC-8 Goto Montierung Tripod

The iEXOS-100 is a full-fledged astronomical telescope mount with WiFi Goto function, which is also ideally suited for equatorial tracking of mirror reflex cameras with wide-angle or telephoto lenses. The iEXOS-100 features the revolutionary Explore Scientific PMC-Eight™ tracking to make navigation and tracking of all celestial objects effortless and affordable.

The integrated PMC-Eight tracking electronics are controlled comfortably via your own laptop or tablet through our free ExploreStars app. The ExploreStars app is available for Windows, Android and iOS. In addition, we offer the free ASCOM POTH client from Explore Scientific (wired or wireless) for download to work with virtually any Sky software that supports THE ASCOM standard.

The attachment of small telescopes or DSLR cameras is done with the help of a standard Vixen Style dovetail plate. The iEXOS-100 is therefore very universally applicable and carries your equipment with a total weight of up to 7 kg.

GOTO systems play an important role in the world of amateur astronomy because they ensure that users spend less time searching for specific objects and more time watching and photography. The PMC-Eight™ control with its versatile connection and connection types, enables you to control your telescope from a few meters distance or to communicate from computer to computer with an Internet connection from practically everywhere in the world.

One of the outstanding features of the iEXOS-100 system is its German Equatorial design. When it comes to tracking the stars with a telescope or camera, there is nothing comparable to the precision of a German equatorial mount. The objects must be tracked as closely as possible when they ascend to the east and descend to the west. For observers, with a German equatorial mount, it is very easy to keep your heavenly object in the center of the eyepiece for a long time. Astro photographers help avoid the frequent astrophotographic pitfalls such as image field rotation or unwanted streaks.

Before you can track an object, you need to find it, and that goal can become a difficult task if you are confronted with a huge number of stars under a dark sky. The iEXOS-100 provides you with a powerful GOTO system, which leads you to any celestial object easily and quickly and does not give rise to the frustration when navigating at the night sky at all. This integrated version of Explore Scientific's PMC Eight™ system goes beyond the industry standard and uses eight independantly operating CPUs, each of which can focus on clearly defined individual functions. This distribution of tasks between the processors results in a system that provides excellent responsiveness, efficiency, reliability and amazingly short control intervals for accurate tracking to accurately balance the earth's rotation.

Although it is quite complex internally, the GOTO system can easily be operated from your own Apple, Android or Windows tablet with the ExploreStars app. The intuitive user interface allows you to quickly and easily align your telescope, navigate through the stars and learn many interesting things about tens of thousands of celestial objects. This dynamic app is powered by a database that is regularly updated to ensure it remains a reliable source of all the information displayed.

The iEXOS-100 has handy and smooth axle clamps, with which you can quickly change your telescope from one side to the other, and a continuous fine adjustment for the pole height (Latitude setting). The mount includes a small polar alignment tunnel that allows the user to roughly align his iEXOS-100 with the Polarstern (Polaris). This is necessary to achieve good tracking quality. There is also a simple built-in spirit level, which helps you to level your stand. Additional features are a holder for the battery compartment, which supplies power to the PMC-Eight Goto system™ by 8 C batteries (batteries not included). In addition, two 1 kg counterweights are included for balancing the mount and several fluorescent elements are attached at some points of the mount and stand, so that you can orient yourself at night on your setup.

Before you start the system for the first time, you must install the ExploreStars app on your display device.

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