The 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.*
SPECIFICATIONS
- 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
- 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
- Includes Handy Bag that can be hung on the mount head hooking point to carry an external power bank
- Supplied with Carrying Case
