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iOptron 8000D manual

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    1 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Quick Start Guide The iEQ45™ GoTo German Equatorial Mount #8000D, #8000DP and #8000AZ PACKAGE CONTENTS 1 • Telescope Mount (with built-in GPS) • Losmandy/Vixen dual saddle • Go2Nova ® 8407 Hand Controller • Two 5 kg C[...]

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    2 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Quick Setup 1. A. Setup tripod : Expand the tripod legs and lock the Tripod Spreader so that the tripod legs stay open ( Figure 1 ). Adjust the tripod height by unlocking and re-locking the tripod leg s to desired height. Positi[...]

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    3 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Figure 6 Position the pier with Alignment Peg face north. Figure 7 2. Attach the EQ mount : Retract the Azimuth Adjustment Knobs (next to the Bubble Level Indicator) to allow enough clearance for the Alignment Peg seating in the[...]

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    4 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Figure 11 4. Attach counter weight (CW) shaft : Unscrew the C W shaft from the top of the mount ( Figur e 12 top) and thread it into the opening of the DEC axis ( Figure 12 bottom). Figure 12 5. Install counterweight(s) : iEQ45 [...]

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    5 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Polar axis adjustment : Loosen Azimu th Locking T-Bolts, adjust the Azimuth Adjustment Knobs to do a fine adjustment of the mount in the azimuth direction. Tighten the locking T-bolts to se cure the mount. Loosen four Latitude L[...]

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    6 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  the telescope mount to turn on the mount. Use ► , ◄ , ▼ or ▲ buttons to point the telescope to the desired object. Use the number keys to change the slewing speed. Then p ress STOP/0 button to start tracking. 12. Star Al[...]

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    7 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Figure 18 21. Thre ad Vertical Locking Nut onto the top brass latitude post of the mount ( Figure 19 ). Figure 19 22. Retra ct two Adjustable Washers on the AZ base ( Figure 20 ). Figure 20 23. Place the AZ base onto the mount h[...]

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    8 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  to STEP 1 ). Use the spirit bubble level on the Polar Axis Cover. 27. Attach your telescope onto the mount. Add counterweight(s) to balance the scop e. You may do a rough torque calculation to determine the CW quantity and posit[...]

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    9 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 935-2800 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  IOPTRON TWO YEAR TELESCOPE, MO UNT, AND CONTROLLER WARRANTY A. iOptron warrants your telescope, mount, or controll er to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for t wo years. iO ptron will repair or replace such prod[...]