Vixen Telescope SXP2 equatorial mount
Specifications
SXP2 equatorial mount
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R.A. slow motion
Worm and wheel gears with 180-tooth whole circle micro movement, 73.2mm in diameter, made of brass
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DEC. slow motion
Worm and wheel gears with 180-tooth whole circle micro movement, 73.2mm in diameter, made of brass
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Worm shaft gear
9mm in diameter, made of brass
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R.A. axis
40mm in diameter, made of carbon steel
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DEC. axis
40mm in diameter, made of carbon steel
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Number of bearings
16 pieces
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Counterweight bar
20mm in diameter, stainless steel, retractable
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Polar axis scope
Built-in 6X20mm finder scope, 8 degrees field of view, with automatic turn off reticle illuminator, brightness adjustable in 8 steps, 3 arc minutes or less setting accuracy, Battery: CR2032 (supplied for checking purpose), 3 stars alignment (Polaris, delta UMI and 51 Cep in the northern hemisphere; Octantis 4 stars in the southern hemisphere) with precession correction until the year 2040.
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Azimuth adjustment
Coarse setting: 360 degrees, Fine adjustment with double screws, about 1.7 degrees per rotation, Fine adjustable range about +/- 5 degrees
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Altitude adjustment
Latitude adjustable between 0 degree and 70 degrees (devided in 3 zones for high, middle and low latitude and adjustable +/- 15 degrees per zone), altitude scale in 5 degrees increments, Fine adjustment with double screws about 0.7 degrees per rotation
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Motor drive
Pulse motors and belt drive system, with micro-step motion control (About 250 pps)
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Go-To slewing/tracking
Automatic slewingwith STAR BOOK TEN controller, 1000× of sidereal rate at maximum slewing speed, high precision tracking
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Loading capacity
About 1.3 to 17 kg (Torque load: 32.5 to 425 kg-cm at a point of 25cm from the place where the R.A and Dec axes cross.)
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Controller port
D-SUB 9 PIN Male connector
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Power port
DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Calss4 (Unified Standard), Center plus polarity
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Power source/Electricity consumption
DC12V, 0.45 to 2.2 amperes (at 10 kg loading weight), 0.6 to 2.5 amperes (at 17 kg loading weight)
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Size
386mm x 419mm x 128mm (except protrusion)
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Weight
About 13.3 kg (without counterweight)
STAR BOOK TEN controller
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CPU
32 bit RISC processor 324MHz SH7764
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Display
5-inch TFT color LCD, WVGA(800x480=384,000 pixels), 65,536 colors, with adjustable backlighting
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Power port
DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Class 4(Unified Standard), Center plus polarity
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Autoguider port
6-pole 6-wired modular jack
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LAN port
10BASE-T
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Controller port
D-SUB 9PIN Male connector
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Expansion slot
For Advance Unit sold separately
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On-sreen R.A./DEC. display unit
R.A.: 1 arc second, DEC: 0.1 minute
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Power supply
DC12V (supplied from the Mount side)
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Battery for backup memory
CR2032
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Electricity consumption
12V 0.5A at maximum (stand-alone use)
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Working temperature
0 degree to 40 degrees Centigrade
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Size
169mm x 154mm x 30mm
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Weight
380g (without battery and without cable)
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Celestial object database
272,342 (SAO:258,997, NGC:7,840, IC:5,386, Messier:109*, 7 planets, q quasi-planet, the Moon and the Sun) *In the database, M91 and M102 are listed as NGC4548 and NGC5866 respectively.
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Menus and major functions
Automatic Go-To slewing, Sidereal tracking and different tracking speeds for the Sun, the Moon, planets comets and artificial satellites, Moon map, Backlash compensation, V-PEC, P-PEC, Extrnal autoguider connection, Vight vision mode, Available in 6 languages (Japanese/English/French/German/Italy/Spanish), Screen brightness control, Hibernate mode, LAN connecting update and more (as of September 2018).