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Amalia
Reged: 10/16/04
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Re: WO new Alt-Az mount
01/01/06 06:01 PM
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Hi Tom, hi all!
This mount is manufactured in Switzerland, and it is not *very*
well known in Europe - as far as I know it is only well known in
Switzerland and in Germany. Maybe in Japan, too.
The disadvantage you are writing about is effectively none,
as the motion is very smooth. It is not, as for example the Giro,
*aluminium moving on aluminium*, but it uses *teflon*.
Slow motion knobs would only make the whole construction less precise.
This mount is known as AYO (spanish: "Let's go") and there are
three versions available by now:
The AYO (= WO EZTouch)
The AYOnd for heavier loads (new)
The AYOdigi with encoders and with/without NGCmax
The knobs you are mentioning are here to tighten or loosen the
tension. As far as I remember they are black - on the older
version. I have not seen the newer ones, as they are expected
to come out in january.
There are also counterweights available - or the possibility to
have two scopes on this mount.
Why do I know all this...?
It will be my next mount! 
Amalia
P.S.
The homepage of the manufacturer is out of work right now,
www.aokswiss.ch
but I have found a site of an astronomer which shows the AYO:
http://mypage.bluewin.ch/pfischlewitz/equipment.html
click:
Intes MK66 De Luxe
and
Coronado PST
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