CORDLESS HAND CONTROL

Owners of the Dual-axis Platforms will especially like this accessory. Imagine a small wireless push button pad that you can slip into your pocket and use to slew your scope. No more long wires dangling down from the eyepiece to the Platform, getting in the way of ladders and winding around the telescope. This Cordless Remote is about the size of a key chain car opener. It comes with 5 buttons. The four outer buttons control the direction of movement of the telescope. The middle button allows the user to toggle back and forth between the slow speed slew (used for fine guiding a photographic exposure) and the fast slew (handy for centering an object at high power and for scanning an area.) Unlike the stock hand control, this new Cordless Remote just requires pushing one button for the fast slew. Very convenient! Included with the Remote is a small electronics box that easily plugs right into the control panel of the Platform. The whole package is priced at $280.00 Here is a review of the Remote Slew Control written by renowned visual viewer, Howard Banich: