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Tracking mounts first, and the tubes that ride on them
Sky-Watcher’s products on this site read as a mount catalog with telescopes attached, and most were sold directly by Amazon on November 7, 2026.
The AZ-GTi is a Wi-Fi GoTo alt-azimuth mount of 8.6 lb carrying 11 lb. The Star Adventurer GTi adds full GoTo to a small equatorial tracker, with an 11 lb payload, an illuminated polar scope and an autoguider port. The AZ-EQ6 carries 44 lb on a belt drive with permanent PEC and switches between equatorial, alt-azimuth and two-telescope modes. The Star Adventurer 2i Pro Pack is the photographic tracker, whose US listing omits its payload.
The SkyMax 127 AZ-GTi kit puts a 5-inch Maksutov on the AZ-GTi. The Heritage 130 is a collapsible tabletop Dobsonian with a parabolic mirror and 94% reflectivity coatings, at $269 the least expensive 130 mm on its shelf.
An 11 lb counterweight for the AZ-EQ5, EQ6 and EQ6-R.
Focal lengths on the US listings of the SkyMax 127 and Heritage 130.
44 lb payload · belt drive · PPEC · equatorial, alt-azimuth and dual-telescope modes · dual encoders
Sky-Watcher's AZ-EQ6: a 44 lb-payload GoTo mount that works as a German equatorial, an alt-azimuth or a carrier for two telescopes, with belt drive, permanent periodic error correction and Freedom Find encoders.
Best for: One mount for visual work and long-exposure imaging, at a fixed or semi-fixed site
≈ $2,299
11 lb payload on an 8.6 lb mount · Wi-Fi · dual encoders · tripod 28 to 53 in · AA batteries or 12 V
Sky-Watcher's AZ-GTi: an 8.6 lb Wi-Fi GoTo alt-azimuth mount carrying 11 lb, with Freedom Find encoders, brass and aluminum gearing, a tripod from 28 to 53 inches and AA or 12 V power.
Best for: A traveling observer who wants GoTo pointing in carry-on luggage
≈ $439
130 mm (5.12 in) parabolic mirror · tabletop Dobsonian · collapsible tube · 94% reflectivity coatings
Sky-Watcher's Heritage 130: a 130 mm parabolic Newtonian with a collapsible tube on a tabletop Dobsonian base, delivered assembled with 10 mm and 25 mm eyepieces and a red-dot finder.
Best for: A real 130 mm parabolic mirror that stores in a closet and needs no assembly
≈ $269
127 mm (5 in) Maksutov-Cassegrain · AZ-GTi Wi-Fi GoTo mount · 11 lb payload · mount 8.6 lb
Sky-Watcher's SkyMax 127 Maksutov-Cassegrain on the AZ-GTi, a Wi-Fi GoTo alt-azimuth mount controlled from a phone, with an 11 lb payload, Freedom Find encoders and an aluminum tripod.
Best for: Lunar, planetary and double-star observing from a small or awkward site, driven from a phone
≈ $839
Motorized tracker · Wi-Fi with the SAM Console app · deluxe equatorial base · fits photo tripods · wide-field, time-lapse and telescopic use
Sky-Watcher's Star Adventurer 2i Pro Pack: a motorized portable tracking platform with Wi-Fi control from the free SAM Console app and a deluxe equatorial base, for Milky Way, eclipse, time-lapse and small-telescope use on a photo tripod.
Best for: Camera-based night sky photography on an existing photo tripod
≈ $469
11 lb payload · full GoTo equatorial head · built-in illuminated polar scope · Wi-Fi · USB and autoguider ports
Sky-Watcher's Star Adventurer GTi head kit: a full GoTo equatorial tracker with an 11 lb payload, built-in illuminated polar scope, Wi-Fi, USB and autoguider ports, SNAP shutter control and a dual-position counterweight.
Best for: A camera and lens or a small astrograph under a dark sky
≈ $579
Sky-Watcher's 11 lb counterweight for the AZ-EQ5, EQ6 and EQ6-R mounts, sold on a listing of one bullet and one sentence.
Best for: An AZ-EQ5, EQ6 or EQ6-R that needs a large extra increment on the bar
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