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Your cart is empty.The Star Adventurer Latitude (EQ) Base provides a smooth and reliable way to polar align your mount. With internal gearing the Latitude Base makes aligning to the north celestial pole easy and repeatable. The Latitude Base features a V-style dovetail system and mounting block. The mounting block threads on the Star Adventurer and allows you to quickly mount or dismount your Star Adventurer to the Latitude Base. The Base also features latitude degree markers to easily adjust the Star Adventurer to the correct placement. Underneath the Base is a 3/8 thread which can mount to many of todays popular photo tripods.
Matthew M.
2025-08-09 11:22:25
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.
Mark W Koehler
2025-05-24 18:09:42
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
Mark M.
2025-05-23 11:15:39
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.
Jim Link
2025-04-27 14:03:38
This Sky Watcher S20530 Star Adventurer Latitude (EQ) base can be used as an alt-azimuth wedge mount. I combined it with a Svbony alt-azimuth mount, also available at Amazon. It is a solid, sturdy mount.
Charles in Texas
2025-04-14 14:25:27
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!
Fernando Diaz
2025-04-06 18:03:39
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
JohnAMR
2025-03-31 12:01:23
Get this for your Seestar if you want to use it in equatorial mode. Then get a 3D printed tray with a dovetail for your phone so you can use an app to polar align it, even before dark.
Sares Kay
2025-03-29 13:01:12
I thought it being just a simple adjustment for Horizon that it would be easy, truth is the adjustment is a bit loose and the gearing somewhat large, after moving it, when you tighten the locking screw your horizon will move. Now after you get it set it seems to hold tight in one place. which is what I wanted this, being a perminate setup on my part.
The Great Gazoo
2025-03-12 10:35:02
Using this wedge to modify my Seestar to Eq mode for my Manfrotto tripod. Works as expected. 👌
Juan M.
2025-02-27 16:16:16
Excelente material y muy buena calidad
Antonio Nascimento
2025-02-13 12:18:47
excelente
Winfried von Wilmsdorff
2025-01-24 11:13:12
Sehr gute Qualität, gute Einstellmöglichkeiten, günstiger Preis...nutze ihn für mein ZWO Seestar S50 und würde ihn jederzeit weiterempfehlen !
J
2025-01-09 10:58:19
For the price, it’s not bad. However, it does have a little bit of wobble in it. Furthermore, to use it with an ALT-AZ GTI, it should be known that the knob used for tightening it will not work as the device will get stuck on it so it’s worth it to buy a smaller replacement screw instead
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