Ultra-Light Hobym CRUX 170HD Harmonic Drive German Equatorial Mount With Titan TCS GoTo System

HobymSKU: CRUX 170HD

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Description

The CRUX 170HD is a technological marvel - it's incredibly light, weighing only 4.9 kg (10.8 lbs) without counterweights and yet is able to carry payloads almost 5 times its weight with optional counterweights with extremely accurate tracking.  It is the traveling astrophotographer's dream mount!

No counterweights are required for payloads of up to 10 kg (22 lbs), with a maximum payload capacity of 24 kg (52.9 lbs) with the optional counterweight and counterweight shaft. This gives the CRUX 170HD the best weight to capacity ratio of any mount in its class

The harmonic drive is the key to the performance of this special mount - the harmonic drive gears exert 10 times the normal friction and cover 10 times the gear surface contact area, allowing for much larger loads than traditional mounts. This ensures lower costs and much greater freedom in transporting the mount to remote locations - You can easily travel with it in your checked-in air travel luggage or even take it as carry-on.  The harmonic gears are rated to last more than 100 years with near-continuous use, and are unaffected by temperature changes.

The 170HD offers excellent tracking performance due to its zero-backlash design.  It utilizes the P-motion PEC system to control cycle errors in the gears. This can minimizes the tracking error to less that ±2 arc seconds. This enables feats like taking a 20 minute exposure using a medium sized refractor without using any guiding system.

The CRUX 170HD comes equipped with a very advanced telescope control system - the TiTaN TCS (Telescope Control System). It's very easy to use and flexible system, working with or without a computer. The TiTaN TCS controller supports advanced wireless environments as well as a connection via serial or USB.

The mount uses Takahashi Style 35mm Spacing for the telescope connection.  Inexpensive Losmandy-Takahashi adapters will covert it to use a Losmandy saddle.

All Crux mounts come with a hard-shell carrying case.

The included counterweight bar utilizes standard 25mm (.98") counterweights.

Telescopes Canada is proud to be the exclusive Canadian distributor of Hobym Harmonic Drive mounts.

Mount Dimensions

Note: This item requires 2 to 4 weeks for delivery

Mount Comparison Chart

  Model  CRUX 320HD/320HD LONG  CRUX 200HD  CRUX 170HD

 CRUX MINI

Computerized Yes - Titan-TCS Yes - Titan-TCS Yes - Titan-TCS Yes - Titan-TCS
Drive Type Harmonic Drive Harmonic Drive Harmonic Drive Harmonic Drive
Head Design German Equatorial German Equatorial German Equatorial German Equatorial
Instrument Capacity 132 lbs 88 lbs 53 lbs 22.0462 lbs
Mount Head Weight 25 kg / 55 lbs 13 kg / 28.6 lbs 4.9 kg / 10.8 lbs 2.5 kg / 5.5 lbs
PEC Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ports Micro USB Type B Micro USB Type B Micro USB Type B Micro USB Type B
Ports RJ12 RJ12 RJ12 RJ12
Ports RS232 RS232 RS232 RS232
Ports USB Type A USB Type A USB Type A USB Type A
Power Consumption 12V 2A 12V 2A 12V 2A 12V 2A
Slew Speed 600x Sidereal 800x Sidereal 1000x Sidereal 2000x Sidereal
Telescope Connection Takahashi Style 35mm Spacing Takahashi Style 35mm Spacing Takahashi Style 35mm Spacing Arca Swiss
Weight Capacity 60 kg / 132 lbs 40 kg / 88.2 lbs. 24 kg / 52.9 lbs. 10 kg / 22 lbs.

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