Sky Watcher S20530 Star Adventurer Latitude (EQ) Base, Telescope Accessory, Black

First, let me say this is a great product! I have bought two of them so far. I use it to mount my Seestar and Dwarf telescopes in EQ orientation. IT COMES WITH THE SADDLE DOVETAIL so you'll be ready to go as soon as you get it (the Dwarf has a smaller hole in the bottom so you'll need a 1/4 -> 3/8 adaptor). It is very sturdy and a perfect match for the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer tripod. The adjustment knobs are easy to use for fast polar alignment. If you're on the fence about buying this, just do it. You won't regret it.

Works perfectly for my Move Shoot Move Nomad set up! Sturdy and smooth!

Good basic equatorial mount to put under your regular adjustable alt/az tripod head and optics to reduce/eliminate drift from sky's rotation at your latitude. Very good solution for lunar, planetary, and visually findable objects.I have a 90mm x 1000mm catadioptric with a light SLR that I put on this Skywatcher mount. I did not like the motorized mount I had tried and wanted something I could quickly, manually align to my desired object and track using just one axis for right ascensio instead of pushing a whole bunch of buttons and waiting. Plus no plug-in or batteries required.First mount the Skywatcher EQ Latitude base on a firm tripod. If you are using a camera tripod, you will need to remove the head from the tripod first so that the mounting bolt is exposed. Note that the Skywatcher requires a larger bolt to mount than an SLR camera does. It's one step up in size, so you may need a converter, like I did, to step up the thread size on your now-headless tripod.Once mounted, look up your latitude with a GPS device/app or an internet search of where your town is. Set the tilt on the Skywatcher to that # of degrees. Then use a compass/app and point the top of the tilted column to north. Add an Alt/Az (2-axis, left-right/up-down) tripod head to the top of the Skywatcher. Then put your scope or camera on the tripod head.For the best tracking results, get the North Star centered in your scope with the closest you can get to the correct latitude on the Skywatcher. But you can get useful results with a "close enough" setting for latitude and a good setting to true north with your GPS/app.Now you can quickly find objects, lock them in for declination and rotate your scope or camera using the left/right axis as right ascension to keep on the object as it moves (or as we move underneath it.)Nice basic solution for planetary, lunar, and visually findable objects. Skycharts can help you with finding more obscure stuff.

I bought this to allow me to set up my ZWO Seestar S50 in equatorial mode. The product is solidly built and has all the necessary adjustments to allow it to aligh to north pole

This has been a great product for a very reasonable price. I use it with my Move Shot Move, Canon R5 and R6, and heavy lenses. It allows me to complete a very good polar alignment getting great performance of everything attached on top. I did attach an Arca Swiss type clamp to the dove tail making it easier to install/remove camera set up. Would highly recommend for the purpose i purchased for!

Excellent to make my scope an EQ mode scope. Very sturdy.

I am beyond thrilled with my Sky Watcher S20530 Star Adventurer Latitude (EQ) Base! It arrived on time and in perfect condition. The build quality is fantastic, and I can't wait to take it out and start using it for astrophotography. It's sturdy, easy to set up, and perfectly complements my Star Adventurer setup. Highly recommend this for anyone looking to elevate their stargazing experience

Can do the basic job. But you can't reply on the latitude and try to positioning it towards north since those are far least accurate enough.