Sky WatcherSky-Watcher AZ-GTI – Portable Computerized GoTo Alt-Az Mount for On-The-Go Astronomy – WiFi Enabled App Controlled – Time-Lapse and Panorama Photography Capable (S21110)

I picked this up as a light go-to mount to track space objects, for nights when I don't want to drag out the other heavy equipment I have. Most times, I put it out with a small telescope on it, use the phone app, align to three stars, and tell it what object I want to look at for the night. With it being battery powered and on my wifi, I can go from wanting to look at planets or deep space objects to having it set up and able to find anything in less than five minutes.If you want to use it for EAA (electronically assisted astronomy), you can use it as is because the rotation doesn't matter with the shorter exposures and the live stacking adjusts well. If you want to use it for full on astrophotography, you can easily get a wedge and polar align it like the other mounts and it works just as well. Out of the box, the tracking is pretty accurate, but if you want it even tighter, it does work with PHD.The only downside at all is that it doesn't have much of a max load, but that's to be expected with a small go-to mount. I have been able to successfully track on a wedge, holding my mirrorless with a 135mm lens and the stars all come out round without any streaks. Another thing that isn't a big deal but needs to be noted: if you get the eq wedge for this, there isn't an easy way to mount a polar scope to it so getting it polar aligned is a little trickier than for other mounts.This is great for users who want a more accurate goto mount for visual astronomy than the ones that come with the cheaper telescopes or more experienced astronomy/astrophotography users who just want something lighter to travel with or need to set up quickly. Battery life is great, along with connections with phones/tablets and the wifi.

This mount as accompanied my 90mm achromat (my 6” newt also performed well on it) on virtually every trip I’ve taken, its ease of use is unparalleled at this price point. Once you’ve done a proper alignment, the go to system works without issue. The tripod is strong and stable yet lightweight. My only complaint is the design of the battery compartment. I wish the plastic material was a little more resistant as I feel a drop could break it and render it unusable

This mount has exceeded my expectations, as it is both more accurate in finding objects and more stable than I expected. I use it as part of my visual use “grab and go” system, which uses a Celestron 102AZ, 102mm, F6.6 refractor. It is far more stable with that telescope than the Twilight 1 manual alt-az mount that I was as using( and it is also somewhat lighter) and also much more stable than the manual alt-az mount that came with my 2016 purchase of this refractor. I use 3 star alignment with the Syscan app on my phone , and I am consistently well within the inner half of my field vision with a 25mm (26x) eyepiece. My whole setup, with the mount, refractor, 6x30 finderscope, and laser pointer only weighs about 16 pounds, so it is an easy carry. For the money this mount is a great value.

This a good, sturdy AltAz GoTo mount but without the optional hand controller, it is so-so. The problem I had both with iPhone8 and Samsung Galaxy S6 was the frequent disconnection from the builtin WiFi. I am using this Mount with the Sky-Max 127mm Mak-Cass telescope which comes with a 2-inch diagonal and a 2 inch 28mm eyepiece which is fairly heavy but still below the 11-pound max rating for the mount. It is hard to get the Sky-Watcher hand controller for this mount anymore but it is a SynScan and I bought the Orion SynScan V5 Computerized GoTo Hand Controller for Altaz. It works well with the mount.

This is an excellent GoTo mount for smaller "grab-and-go" scopes. A joy to use and compact while study for scopes and accessories weighing up to 10 pounds. The "freedom find" dual-encoders are an excellent feature, allowing you to disengage the scope from the alt-az motors to move to any object in the sky while maintaining your GoTo alignment. One note to SkyWatcher is the Azimuth bearing is a bit too tight so recommend making it a bit looser for easier manual pointing of the scope in "freedom find" mode. The Wi-Fi works great linking to both SynScan and Sky Safari apps and is a real joy to use. A revolutionary mount that is compact, yet powerful and a real joy to use. Highly recommended for both the beginner to veteran armature astronomer, this mount is truly a winner providing loads of enjoyment and capabilities in a compact and well thought-out package.