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.*
Technical data:
- Control: Acuter Sky App (Astronomy Go-To mode) or Acuter Landscape App (Time Lapse mode*). *Attention: Time-lapse mode must be supported by your smartphone
- Supported operating systems: iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch 12.0 or later) / MacOS (11.0 or later / Mac with Apple M1 or later chipset) / : Android OS (6.0 or later)
- Acuter Sky Celestial object database: 11,000+ objects
- Go-To Alignment Method: 1, 2 or 3 star alignment
- Connection: Via Bluetooth or WLAN
- SNAP port (not available in time-lapse mode)
- Motor Drive: DC Servo Motor
- Power Supply: DC 5V - 6.5V, 1A. (4 x AA batteries, not included, or external via USB-C port)
- Built-in battery compartment
- Maximum height (incl. mount head): 1600mm (tripod legs extended to maximum)
- Minimum height (incl. mount head): 780mm (tripod legs retracted)
- Truss mount head: 2.5kg max. Max. load, 3/8" camera thread connection & 45mm dovetail clamp
- Allowable smartphone width: 55mm to 85mm
- Acuter T8 tripod (3-section extendable aluminum legs)
- Traverse mount head weight: 0.82kg
- Time-lapse kit weight: 0.92kg
- Tripod weight: 1.3kg
- Including cell phone bag to attach to the tripod head Hook to hold an external power bank
- Including transport bag
Scope of delivery:
- Traverse mount head
- Time-lapse kit
- Tripod
- Mobile phone bag
- Transport bag