The new Sky-Watcher CQ350 Pro Mount is a fully-GoTo equatorial platform. It enters the Sky-Watcher mount lineup right between the company’s flagship EQ8-R Pro and EQ6-R Pro mounts.
Available as mount head only and mount head with tripod kit options, the CQ350 offers a hefty 77-pound/35 kg payload capacity capable of supporting Sky-Watcher’s largest OTAs including the Esprit 150ED Triplet Refractor and the massive Quattro 250P Imaging Newtonian with ease, with room to spare for accessories, guidescopes, and imaging equipment.
The Sky-Watcher CQ350 Pro Mount is also packed with well-positioned electrical options to manage cables, power, computer connection, imaging accessories, and more. A convenient 4x USB Out port hub sits adjacent to three 2.1mm central positive power out ports, plus three Out AUX ports, three In AUX ports, PC connect USB-to-serial port, USB Type B In port, SNAP port, one power input port, hand controller port, autoguider port, and a 12V DC power aircraft cable port for secure power connection to the mount.
Other special features of the CQ350 mount include a high-precision, 0.9° hybrid stepper motor, spring loaded worm gears, synchronous wheel and belt drive modes, locking RA and Dec clutches, an oversized latitude knob for use with cold weather gloves on, a D-/V-style dovetail mounting platform, and optional external polar scope. The CQ350 mount head is also compatible with the EQ8-R tripod.
The Sky-Watcher CQ350 Pro Mount other features include hard stops, auto-home functionality, batch exposures function, the V5 SynScan hand controller’s 42,000+ GoTo database, 2x 22-pound counterweights and beefy counterweight bar, plus included SNAP and power cables.
The Sky-Watcher CQ350 Pro Mount specifications include:
– Mount Type: Equatorial
– Payload Capacity (lbs): 77
– Mount head size: 434mm x 176mm x 323mm
– Mount head weight (lbs): 33
– Tripod Weight (lbs): 34.5
– Tripod Retracted/Extended: 30.5″ / 42.5″
– Tripod Spread Retracted/Extended: 39″x56″
– Tripod folded measurements: 11″x11″x37″
– Tripod Leg diameter: 70mm
– Mounting Saddle type: D/V-style
– Counterweight bar: Yes
– Counterweight bar length and diameter: 15″ x 31.5mm
– Type of motor: Stepper
– Drive type: Belt
– Spring Loaded Worms: Yes
– RA gear size: 55mm
– Polar Scope: Optional
– Tracking Modes: Sideral, Solar, Lunar
– Latitude Range (degrees): 10° to 70°
– GoTo: Yes
– Hand controller port: RJ-45, 8pin
– Guide Port: RJ-12, 6pin
– SNAP Port: 2.1mm
– PC connect USB port: USB-B
– USBs: 4x USB ports
– Power ports: 3x 2.1mm central positive (DC 6v to 24v 5amp)
– AUX ports: RJ-10, RJ-12, RJ-45
– Hand controller: Yes
– GoTo Database: 42,000+ objects
– Power requirements: DC11~16v
– Mount power port size and style: 2.1mm female
– Counter Weight: 2x 22 pound (9.9kg)
– Shipping Weight (head box): 53 pounds (24kg)
– Shipping Dimensions (head box): 21.5″x19″x13.5″
– Shipping Weight (tripod box): 53 pounds (24kg)
– Shipping Dimensions (tripod box): 45″x18.5″x20.5″
You can learn more about the Sky-Watcher CQ350 Pro Mount here.
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