Star Adventurer....GTi?

[Space_Plane]

Hello!

Came across this new mount recently, hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere before.

Thought it might be of interest.

[happy-kat]

I wonder if that brings goto to that mount now with the smartphone controlled comment

[Sunshine]

Not sure what to make of this, either its a well done concept ad or it is actually in the making which is doubtful as there is no , mention of it on SW website.

Edited February 8, 2022 by Sunshine

[Adam J]

Yes its a duel axis goto version of the star-adventurer that has been banded about.  But you never know with Sky-watcher they announced an entire range of telescopes in the form of the EVOLUX a couple of years back with a flyer like that one. Those never materialised at all. I say because i see those same scopes mounted in that picture. 

some places even let you pre-order them lol. 

Adam

Edited February 8, 2022 by Adam J

[Ratlet]

Just did a quick Google and there are a couple European shops advertising it.  Apparently delivery in May.  €600 price with no tripod.

 

Looks funky.

[BCN_Sean]

Unsure to what to make of it as it seems to be moving away from a lightweight, fizzy little star tracker and closer to another type of EQ-3 class mount; and in to the sort of price territory as other EQ mounts.  For the money it seems to be going in for, I really hope they've not gone for the same design in the altitude adjustment in the wedge as they have on the normal Star Adventurer as whilst the sloppy, clicky backlash on a toss in box candy on a ~400€ tracker is stomach-able, not unusable and replaceable, on a 600€ machine that's fixed install would be a bit painful.

On 08/02/2022 at 14:38, Adam J said:

Yes its a duel axis goto version of the star-adventurer that has been banded about.  But you never know with Sky-watcher they announced an entire range of telescopes in the form of the EVOLUX a couple of years back with a flyer like that one. Those never materialised at all. I say because i see those same scopes mounted in that picture. 

The 62 Evo is out there, just don't know when it's going to be available.  This fella here (youtube) has mentioned it a few times on the Star Adventurer page on Facebook.

[Adam J]

All depends how big it is, might have prefaired a refined version of the AZ GTI as there is room to improve that design.

Adam

[Ratlet]

Might be unrelated, but skywatcher has a product announcement on YouTube tomorrow at 6pm UK.  Wonder if they are going to announce this?

[Ratlet]

It was unrelated.

However, it is now on their website.  Just a landing page.  No manuals, etc.  Yet...

http://www.skywatcher.com/product/star-adventurer-gti/

 

[PadrePeace]

Started another thread on this sorry..

 

[Ags]

I am very interested. But will it have DEC Runaway, the "killer feature" of the AZ-GTi?

Edited March 17, 2022 by Ags

[PadrePeace]

I doubt it as it has the same running gear as the EQM-35 Pro SynScan from what I can tell from the limited specs available. 

[Elp]

1 hour ago, Ags said:

I am very interested. But will it have DEC Runaway, the "killer feature" of the AZ-GTi?

I sorted mine with the latest firmware update, now it works wonders.

[Ratlet]

Good spot that.  It'll be interesting to see where it lands in terms of price.  I'm in the market for a portable mount and I'm eyeing up an az gti but this is just dangling out of reach.  

Using some rough equivalences from the EU shops, it looks like it'll be be £430-£530.  Low end looks very tempting being about £100 more than the outlay for an AZ-GTI plus counter weights and wedge.

Edited March 18, 2022 by Ratlet

[badhex]

On 08/02/2022 at 14:38, Adam J said:

Yes its a duel axis goto version of the star-adventurer that has been banded about.  But you never know with Sky-watcher they announced an entire range of telescopes in the form of the EVOLUX a couple of years back with a flyer like that one. Those never materialised at all. I say because i see those same scopes mounted in that picture. 

some places even let you pre-order them lol. 

Adam

Presumably folks have already seen this, but these scopes are now available for order. Perhaps the same situation with the SA GTi - just took a while to come to fruition. 

[Adam J]

1 hour ago, badhex said:

Presumably folks have already seen this, but these scopes are now available for order. Perhaps the same situation with the SA GTi - just took a while to come to fruition. 

One has been spotted in the field. So not long at all. 

[Ratlet]

The Chinese skywatcher site has the user manual up.  Nothing revolutionary in it though.  Looks like it does exactly what the advert says.  Manual seems to suggest that it'll come with the az-gti style tripod.

[ONIKKINEN]

I am doing some window shopping and saw this: https://eu.primalucelab.com/equatorial/skywatcher-star-adventurer-gti-mount.html . No price available right now.

Quoted as: Available starting summer 2022.

Looks like it might have the AZ-GTI style tripod based on the picture. Perhaps its aimed at replacing both the star adventurer and the AZ-GTI as it does what both do, but better? Probably wont replace them though as this one has to be pricier than either of those.

[Ratlet]

It's now on the official Skywatcher site.

http://www.skywatcher.com/product/star-adventurer-gti/

[Elp]

As the payload is similar to azgti don't see the point of it. The azgti looks to be more compact too.

[DaveS]

Looks like it's built for the job, rather than just repurposed from an Alt-Az. A more robust wedge / cradle than the SA or the AZ-GTi. I could be interested if it's not *too* expensive.

[DaveS]

Guess we'll just wait until @FLO announce availability .

[Elp]

WO wedge works brilliantly, a lot of people have got excellent results with the SA wedge too. Be interesting to know the price for the new product though and how it falls between the azgti and the eqm35.

[AstroNebulee]

I'd be interested to hear the reports on it once people start using it and a side by side comparison to the AzGti in eq mode 

Edited March 29, 2022 by AstroNebulee

[Ratlet]

With any luck I'll be able to give a "nuggets eye view" of this when it releases.

I'm starting out in the hobby and have held back on buying a mount because of this potential mount.  For me I like the look of it more than the az-gti aesthetically, and it is also designed for use in equatorial mode so there will be a level of actual support officially.  That's a big sell for me.

Honestly though there is going to be an element of rolling the dice.  It could be mechanically worse than the az-gti, or it could be better.  I'm hoping for better.

But yeah, I'm pretty excited for this mount lol.