ZWO AM5N Harmonic Equatorial Mount

ZWO AM5N Harmonic Equatorial Mount

ZWO AM5N strain-wave equatorial/alt-az mount, 15 kg payload without counterweight (20 kg with), 5.5 kg mount head.

The AM5N is the improved edition of ZWO's popular AM5 strain-wave (harmonic) mount. At 5.5 kg it carries 15 kg without a counterweight (20 kg with one, at a 25 cm lever arm), with better precision, better low-temperature behaviour and internal cable management.

A strain-wave gear with a synchronous belt (300:1) gives high torque with no meridian-flip balancing worries and, in most setups, no counterweight. It works in equatorial or alt-azimuth mode, has a power-off brake on the RA axis and a mechanical zero position, and is controlled by ASIAIR, the included hand controller, or a PC over USB, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Every mount ships with its own periodic-error test report.

Specifications

In the box

Mount, hand controller with 2 m cable, 2 m USB-B and 1 m USB-C cables, PE test report, quick guide, M6 hex key

Manufacturer documentation

• ZWO AM5N product page
• ZWO guides and manuals
• ZWO AM5N user manual (2026-03) – see the Attachments tab
• ZWO AM5N quick guide – see the Attachments tab

Specifications from the manufacturer's manual, checked 2026-11-06. Supplier reference 83525.