MLAstro SAL-33 feature highlights: Zero-Shift Alt-Az base скачать в хорошем качестве

MLAstro SAL-33 feature highlights: Zero-Shift Alt-Az base

’ll be releasing a video of the MLAstro SAL-33 in the coming days, starting with one of its key features: the MLAstro Zero-Shift Alt-Az mechanism. Anyone who has ever wrestled with an EQ mount knows the pain: that thumb-breaking altitude adjustment where you need every ounce of strength just to nudge the mount a tiny bit—especially when it’s fully loaded. And even then, the moment you try, the mechanism often shifts, bends, or flexes, moving the opposite way from what you intended. Worse still, after you’ve spent hours fighting mosquitoes to dial in that perfect 0.33-arcsecond PA error, tightening the altitude locking screw ruins it. The slightest shift is enough to throw off your guiding RMS—and more than enough to drive your inner OCD self crazy. When designing the SAL-33, we knew this was the moment to do something different. A lot of thought went into the Alt-Az base, and the result is the Zero-Shift Alt-Az mechanism. Here’s how it changes everything: you can keep the locking screw tight from the start, avoiding any shift when tightening down. And even with the mount fully loaded, adjustments no longer demand brute force or tools—just a flick of your fingertips, moving exactly where you want, the way it should be. The SAL-33 was built with mobile imaging rigs in mind, where minimizing setup time is critical. Every hour you save on polar alignment is an hour you can spend actually observing and imaging. Mark my words: this design is light years ahead of anything else out there—and you’ll love it just as much as I do.