10Micron GM1000HPS Equatorial Mount

Starting Price: $11,999.00
Price as Configured: $11,999.00
Brand: 10Micron Astro Technologies / SKU: 10M-1000

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Designed for the GM1000 HPS Mount and the Leonardo Binomount, the Aries Tripod is the world´s most rigid and most lightweight collapsible tripod. With a folding dual-tube upper leg design, to provide maximum rigidity, it has been tested to sustain the HPS-encoder accuracy of the 10Micron HPS mounts. It is a state of the art tripod and the best solution for your GM1000 HPS mount.
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This 6.6 lbs. (3 kg) counterweight is exclusively designed for GM1000HPS, AZ1000HPS, and BM1000 Leonardo mounts. A precise 30mm hole offers a smooth movement on the shaft, and facilitates the balancing operations and the stainless steel guarantees no corrosion. The ergonomic screw ensures safe tightening.
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10M-1080 - 10Micron 13.2 lbs (6 kg) Counterweight for 1000HPS
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This 13.2 lbs. (6 kg) counterweight is exclusively designed for GM1000HPS, AZ1000HPS, and BM1000 Leonardo mounts. A precise 30mm hole offers a smooth movement on the shaft, and facilitates the balancing operations and the stainless steel guarantees no corrosion. The ergonomic screw ensures safe tightening.
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10M-1055 - 10Micron Aries Tripod w/ Case
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10M-1055 - 10Micron Aries Tripod w/ Case
About This Product
Designed for the GM1000 HPS Mount and the Leonardo Binomount, the Aries Tripod is the world´s most rigid and most lightweight collapsible tripod. With a folding dual-tube upper leg design, to provide maximum rigidity, it has been tested to sustain the HPS-encoder accuracy of the 10Micron HPS mounts. It is a state of the art tripod and the best solution for your GM1000 HPS mount.
10M-1075 - 10Micron 6.6 lbs (3 kg) Counterweight for 1000HPS mounts
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10M-1075 - 10Micron 6.6 lbs (3 kg) Counterweight for 1000HPS mounts
About This Product
This 6.6 lbs. (3 kg) counterweight is exclusively designed for GM1000HPS, AZ1000HPS, and BM1000 Leonardo mounts. A precise 30mm hole offers a smooth movement on the shaft, and facilitates the balancing operations and the stainless steel guarantees no corrosion. The ergonomic screw ensures safe tightening.
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$146.00
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10M-1080 - 10Micron 13.2 lbs (6 kg) Counterweight for 1000HPS
About This Product
This 13.2 lbs. (6 kg) counterweight is exclusively designed for GM1000HPS, AZ1000HPS, and BM1000 Leonardo mounts. A precise 30mm hole offers a smooth movement on the shaft, and facilitates the balancing operations and the stainless steel guarantees no corrosion. The ergonomic screw ensures safe tightening.
10M-1012 - 10Micron Half Pillar for 1000HPS Mounts
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10M-1012 - 10Micron Half Pillar for 1000HPS Mounts
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Custom made by Geoptik for 10Micron for the GM1000 and BM100L mounts, this is a fine wooden tripod, with a finely CNC machined and anodized aluminum base. The legs are made of “first choice” beech wood”, treated for outdoor use. This material guarantee excellent stability and vibration damping, also in case of heavy loads. The height of the tripod can range from 950 mm to 1100 mm (37.4” to 43.3 “) through extendable anodized aluminum extensions. The extension’s tips are reversible, offering the possibility of a round rubber or a sharp metal tip. The triangle-shaped accessory tray, made in laminated beech, offers several holes to accommodate 31.8 and 50.8mm eyepieces. 10Micron upholstered Cordura transport-bag. The tripod weighs 12 kg (26.4 lbs.).
10M-1064 - 10Micron Standard Hard Cases for GM1000HPS
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10M-1064 - 10Micron Standard Hard Cases for GM1000HPS
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Set of two special resin cases made specifically for GM1000HPS mounts; a trolley style case accommodates the mount and a hand case accommodates the counterweights and the electronic parts.

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This adapter flange allows you to connect the GM1000 mount to standard flat-top round pier.
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10M-1092 - 10Micron Base Adapter Flange for 1000HPS Mounts
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10M-DSP-2577 - Mobile Power Supply w/Car Plug 12V Input, 24V 5A 120W Output (for 1000HPS & 2000HPS Mounts )
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10M-DSP-2578 - Portable AC Power Supply, Switching Type, 110-240V Input / 24V 5A Output for 1000 HPS Mounts
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10M-1068 - 10Micron Two Soft Carrying Bags for GM1000HPS Mount and Accessories
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Two reinforced cordura bags with handles for the GM1000HPS mount and accessories. The larger bag is designed to recycle the shaped padding included in the transport cardboard box that the mount ships in. The other bag is for electronics and accessories. This is a inexpensive system to transport the mount and its accessories when you travel to your preferred observation site.

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10M-2011 - 10Micron Controlbox Holder for 8-12" Round Pier (2000HPS and 3000HPS Mounts)
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10M-1105 - 10Micron Saddle Side-by-Side Plate Adapter for 1000HPS Mounts
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This adapter is required in order to accommodate the Lodual plate (#10M2105) on the 1000HPS mounts. The #10M2085 (Losmandy dovetail clamping plate 3″) is included in the kit. This kit ensures the correct orientation of the optical tubes in order to comply with the HPS fixed home position requirements.
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10M-2105 - 10Micron D-Series Side-by-Side Bar and Saddles
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This special double plate is designed to allow a parallel mounting of two optical tubes on the 10Micron mounts. The bottom slide is a standard 3” dovetail bar (Losmandy compatible) #10M2130; the clamping plates are two 3” Losmandy compatible (#10M2085). All the components are CNC machined, black anodized aluminum. There are 3 different possible distances between the two clamps: approx. 210, 245 and 281mm (8.3”, 9.6”, 11”). Note: – The GM1000 HPS Mount needs the #10M1105 Adapter in order to mantain the corret encoder’s position references – All the other mounts require a #10M2085 or #10M2185 3″ Losmandy clamping plate.
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The GM1000HPS mount is built for the demanding observer using telescopes and photographic instruments up to a weight of 25kg – 55 lbs (counterweights not included). Movements are driven by two servo brushless motors, with timing belt reduction having zero backlash. Both axes feature a classic worm – worm wheel pairing. The worm wheels are made of bronze (B14), with a diameter of 125mm and 250 teeth, while the worms are built of alloy steel with a diameter of 20mm. The axes themselves are made of 30mm diameter alloy steel for maximum rigidity. The dual dovetail mounting plate guarantees the maximum compatibility with many telescope manufacturers.


The electronics are housed in an independent control box, easily removable. The connections of the mount and keypad feature security lock screws. The mount can be controlled using the included keypad, without connecting an external PC. The keypad is built in order to maintain the maximum readability in all lighting conditions. Both the display and the ergonomic keys, allowing for the use of gloves, feature a red backlight. A heater keeps the display warm for usage below freezing temperature.

The keypad is built in order to maintain the maximum readability in all lighting conditions. Both the display and the ergonomic keys, allowing for the use of gloves, feature a red backlight. A heater keeps the display warm for usage below freezing temperatures.

The mount can be controlled using the most common software packages by connecting it to a PC with the RS-232 serial port or the Ethernet connection, via the 10micron ASCOM driver or the Meade compatible command protocol. Furthermore, a dedicated software (also included with the mount) can be used to create a “virtual keypad” replicating exactly the functions of the physical keypad. The RS-232 port can also be used to control an external dome. This flexibility makes the mount an ideal mount for observatories and remote observing sites.

The object database contains many star catalogs and deep-sky objects up to the 16th magnitude. Solar system objects can be tracked so that their motion is compensated with respect to the stars. You may load orbital elements of comets, asteroids and artificial satellites into the mount, so that these objects can be tracked directly using the keypad (without any external PC). Pointing is made accurate through the usage of a model containing up to 100 stars, which allows for the correction of the classical polar alignment and conic errors, and also of the most important flexure terms of the optical tube. In this way, it is possible to obtain pointing accuracies of the order of 20 arcseconds RMS. The same model can be used in order to obtain the maximum tracking accuracy, compensating also for the atmospheric refraction (depending on the local atmospheric pressure and temperature).

A series of auxiliary functions is provided to help the user with quickly aligning the mount to the celestial pole. You may also save and recover the alignment data of different observing sessions. This function is very useful if you have many instruments in different setups, each one requiring different flexure corrections. Tracking through the meridian, a typical problem with german mounts, is solved allowing for tracking for up to 30° past the meridian (configurable), in both directions. In this way, any object can be tracked for at least four hours.

Tracking through the meridian, a typical problem with German equatorial mounts, is solved allowing tracking for up to 30° past the meridian (configurable), in both directions. In this way, any object can be tracked for at least four hours.

The tracking accuracy makes autoguiding unnecessary for many uses. The absolute encoders on both axes allow the mount to obtain a typical tracking error below 1 arcsecond. It is possible to autoguide using the ST4-compatible port or through the serial/Ethernet connection, with a guide rate configurable from 0.1x to 1x. The guide rate can be automatically corrected for the declination of the target so that there is no need for recalibrating the autoguide when observing at different declinations.

Designed for field and observatory use, the GM1000HPS is easily transportable. The main body of the mount, without the counterweight shaft, has a weight of only 19.5 kg – 43 lbs.

Other functions of the mount are designed in order to obtain the maximum flexibility in the most usage conditions. The mount can be switched on and off using the hand pad, power switch on the control box, or the dedicated relay connector on the control box panel. You can use the electronic balance functions in order to balance your instrument without unlocking the clutches. The mount can be parked in different user-defined positions. An external dome can be controlled directly using the RS-232 serial port, avoiding the need for using a dedicated external PC. Once configured with your instrument parameters, the firmware is able to make all the calculations required for positioning the dome slit in front of your optical tube, for almost all instrument configurations.

10 Micron mounts are used in the field as well as in remote observatory sites, in educational observatories as well as in the extreme climates of northern Canada and the Atacama Desert.

The 10 Micron GM1000HPS basic package includes:

  • GM1000HPS mount head with absolute encoders on both axes
  • Control box and stand-alone hand pad with internal modeling and control software
  • QCI 2.8 software
  • Counterweight shaft
  • 3" dual Losmandy/Vixen style dovetail clamp
  • Mount cables
  • AC/DC power supply
  • Integrated WiFi

The complete package for the GM1000HPS adds:

  • One 13.2 lbs. (6 kg) counterweight
  • One 6.6 lbs. (3 kg) counterweight
  • 10Micron Aries tripod and soft case
  • Mount head protective bag
  • Mount head and accessories hard cases
  • Laser pointer mount
  • Perseus software
The GM1000HPS can also be paired with a Berlebach PLANET tripod in an a la carte package. You can find that tripod here: Berlebach PLANET.