Kenko SkyMemo Back to Market
The legendary Japanese high-quality portable mount – Kenko SkyMemo has come back with some new features as “RS” version. This 60th anniversary edition is available as the full set, including tripod, alt-az base and counterweight & shaft. The mount only is not available.
A new model allows to set several tracking speeds- solar, lunar and sidereal (1x and 0.5x). This gives us more fun to use, including the nightscape photography.
And Kenko-proprietary factory-installed polar scope allows for precision polar alignment in both north and south.
This is one of most reliable and solid portable mounts for the overseas expeditions.
See the product page.
Shoestring Astronomy USB interface box and SkyMemo cable allow for auto-guiding. Their parts # GPSUB-AH and GPCBL-SKY.
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A following is my old SkyMemo R and Vixen tripod. SkyMemo’s ALT-AZ base is so solid and stable. I think this is one of most stable alignment base as far as I know, and allows for precision polar alignment easily. So the alignment base itself is very good value. Unfortunately the mounting interface is special size and shape. So not easy to adapt to other tripods. Some of Vixen tripods fit shown below.
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