User's Manual

1. SkyTracker

Pro Camera Mount Overview

Introducing The SkyTracker

Pro -- iOptron’s next generation camera tracking device! After 4

years leading the camera tracker market, SkyTracker

has been the tool of choice for photographers

worldwide, ushering in the astroscape genre of outdoor photography. Now iOptron has been just

pushing it to perfection.

Figure 1. SkyTracker

Pro mount head

Upgraded from SkyTracker

, the Pro is more compact, small enough to fit on your palm,

better precision, silent tracking, it even has a built-in rechargeable power source that runs for up to 24

hours of continuous operation. The improved precision polar scope maintains a fine engraved reticule,

now features adjustable illumination with eight brightness levels. Using with our smart phone app,

quick and accurate polar alignment is just a joy.

The SkyTracker

Pro features four tracking rates, 1X or sidereal, 1/2X for sky and landscape,

solar and lunar. All 4 tracking rates work in both northern and southern hemispheres. We have also

added a quick slew mode with both forward and reverse to help quickly reframing your image without

disrupting the cameras position.

We have made big improvements on the SkyTracker

Pro’s removable alt-azimuth base,

which features a precision bubble level, degree markings for the altitude and a built in post for the

azimuth control. You can also mount the SkyTracker

Pro head (without the base) directly to any

standard photographic tripod with 1/4” or 3/8” threads. The SkyTracker

Pro is certainly a must have

tool for any photographer interested in astroscape or wide field astrophotography.