I believe it was Meade that took the first step in this direction about a decade ago with their LS (Light Switch) series of 6-8” SCTs. They did okay but not great but they also didn’t implement it great, technology wasn’t in their favour at the price point they were going for I imagine.
Sky Watcher started doing this within a few of their mounts 5 years ago. There have been several integrated telescope systems on Kickstarter in the last few years, not sure if any have made it into the hands of the public yet though.
It’s has been bubbling a long for a while but this appears to be one of the best so far. Now if ZWO would make a small mount akin to the Star Adventurer then they’d have the perfect “beginners package” for wide field work. They have small astrographs, why not little low capacity mounts to go with them
ASI071, 50mm lens, ASIAIR and ASI-Mount
