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).

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