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INSTRUCTION MANUAL IN 348 Rev . A 11/08 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support (800)-676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831)‑763‑7000 89 Hangar W ay , W atsonville, CA 95076 O rio n ® T e le T r ac k A Z- G ™ Al tazimuth Go T o Mount #9481 Figure 1: The T eleT rack AZ-G Altazimuth G[...]
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2 T able of C ontent s 1. P ar ts List ..................................... 2 2. Assembly .................................... 2 3. P ow er ing the T eleT rack AZ-G Mount ................ 4 4. Attaching a T elescope or Camera .................. 4 5. The T eleT rack AZ-G Hand Controller ............... 5 6. Aligning the T eleT rack AZ-G . . . . . .[...]
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3 assembly clockwise until it threads completely onto the tri- pod’ s 3/8"-16 threaded post, and rests securely on the tri- pod’ s mounting platform. Now tighten the lock-screw from underneath the mounting platf orm to provide extr a stability to the assembly . 4. There is a bub ble lev el at the base of the f ork arm. T o make the f or k [...]
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4 a database with a wide range of preset objects. The hand controller displa y is backlit f or comf or table vie wing. Make sure not to confuse the “HC” jack with the “A UX” jack. The “A UX” jack is not used f or nor mal operation of the mount. Note: Do not attempt ot reposition the altitude or azimuth of the mount by hand! Doing so can[...]
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5 5. The T ele Track AZ - G Han d Controller The T eleT rack AZ-G is a precision-engineered alt-azimuth mount that provides easy , computerized location of thousands of night sky objects such as planets, nebulae , star clusters, galaxies, and more for vie wing through your telescope. The T eleT rack AZ-G hand controller and internal dual-axis motor[...]
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6 6. Enter the time zone in which you are observing in hours (see Appendix A), using the scroll ke ys and numeric key - pad (+ for east of Prime Mer idian, - for west of Pr ime Meridian). Press ENTER to confir m y our choice. 7. Enter the date in the following f or mat mm/dd/yyyy using the numeric ke ypad. Press ENTER to confir m your choice . 8. E[...]
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7 5. The hand controller will now generate a list of stars to choose as your second alignment star . Scroll through the list using the Scroll k eys (Figure 6) and press ENTER to choose a second alignment star . The mount will no w auto- matically sle w to the selected star and the star should be somewhere in the field of vie w of your finder scope [...]
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8 coordinate. Press ENTER once more to hav e the telescope slew to the chosen object. MENU Y ou can also access the Objects Catalog through the Main Menu. In the Main Menu, scroll do wn to Object Catalog and press ENTER . Lik e the OBJECT key , this giv es you complete access to the 42,900 celestial objects in the T eleT rack AZ-G database, categor[...]
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9 the ne xt digit. First set the value f or R.A. backlash, then press ENTER to set the value f or DEC . Set T racking: -Sidereal Rate: Activates tracking at sidereal rate. This is the def ault tracking rate . -Lunar Rate: Activates tr acking at lunar rate. -Solar Rate: Activates tr acking at solar rate. -Stop T racking: Stops trac king. Set Slew Li[...]
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10 T o prev ent damage, we recommend remo ving your telescope or optical instrument from the mount when transpor ting. 8. T ech nical Spe cifica tions Mount: Altazimuth f or k arm T ripod: Aluminum T ripod height: F olded height 20.5", maximum height 54.5" T otal weight: 9 lbs. Motor drives: Dual-axis GoT o computerized, inter nally house[...]
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11 T ele Track AZ - G Me nu Tree GUIDED TOUR Alphabet Magnitude LCD Contrast Beep V olume LED Backlight User Objects Edit Object[...]
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12 Ap pendix A: Time Zones of the W o rld[...]
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13 Ap pendix B: RS - 2 32 Connect ion The T eleT rack AZ-G Mount is designed to receive commands sent from a computer’ s RS-232 COM por t (via the computer int erf ace cab le) . The hand contro ller wi ll comm unica te with th e computer at 9600 bits/sec, no par ity , no stop bit. All angles are communicated with 16 bits and communicated using AS[...]
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14 One-Y ear Limited W arranty This O r ion T ele T rack A Z- G Alt az imu th Go T o Mount is warr an te d ag a ins t de f ects in mate r ials or wor kmanship f or a pe r iod of on e year from the date of purchase . This w arranty is f or the benefit of the or iginal retail purchaser only . During this warr anty period Orion T elescopes & Binoc[...]