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Mon May 5, 2008
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100% of reviewers
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$12,900.00
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10.0
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supersize
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Description:
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The Paramount ME™ Robotic Telescope System features a German equatorial mount with research-grade 11-inch right ascension gears that provide unsurpassed tracking performance. Astronomers equipped with a Paramount ME are defining new levels of reliability, productivity and performance. Hefting up to 150 pounds of astronomical equipment, and designed for uninterrupted operation, the Paramount ME can be used as a remote or Internet Astronomy™ solution. Through advanced CNC construction, it is “field portable” at 68 pounds. The system includes the Bisque Observatory Software Suite (TheSky6™ Professional Edition, CCDSoft™, TPoint™ and ProTrack™, Orchestrate™, and Internet Astronomy™ Software Client and Server applications) as well as the Bisque TCS™ dual-axis DC servomotor control system with USB and serial interface, and AutoHome™ start-up.
The Paramount ME is built for the digital age, featuring integrated telescope and CCD camera control, unattended start-up and automated operation, 7 arcseconds or less peak-to-peak periodic error before correction, and precision guided or unguided tracking (using TPoint and ProTrack™). The result is unsurpassed image quality and observatory performance.
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Paramount ME Mount with 150 lb capacity.
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Registered: May 2008
Location: Bethune, SC
Posts: 359
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Review Date: Mon May 5, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $12,900.00
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Pros:
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Never buy another mount as long as you live
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None
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The mount is awesome. Its a true quality piece of equipment that will be the last mount you ever have to buy. When you consider all the free software you get with it for the price and the awesome beauty of the mount itself, you cant beat it. The price is fairly steep for the average joe like me, but when I really sat down and added up all the other mounts and scope that I purchased and could not take decent photos with, then the mount really paid for itself. I was able to get pictures with my cheap Orion 10" OTA that are as good as any other 10" scope costing much much more.
I have had my mount about 3 years and its still one of the best things I ever did. I start a photo and spend the rest of the night with friends. It has given me back my time with my friends instead of fighting the mount all night.
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