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Vixen Telescope SXP2 equatorial mount

Vixen Telescope SXP2 equatorial mount

Specifications
SXP2 equatorial mount
  • R.A. slow motion
    Worm and wheel gears with 180-tooth whole circle micro movement, 73.2mm in diameter, made of brass
  • DEC. slow motion
    Worm and wheel gears with 180-tooth whole circle micro movement, 73.2mm in diameter, made of brass
  • Worm shaft gear
    9mm in diameter, made of brass
  • R.A. axis
    40mm in diameter, made of carbon steel
  • DEC. axis
    40mm in diameter, made of carbon steel
  • Number of bearings
    16 pieces
  • Counterweight bar
    20mm in diameter, stainless steel, retractable
  • 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.
  • Azimuth adjustment
    Coarse setting: 360 degrees, Fine adjustment with double screws, about 1.7 degrees per rotation, Fine adjustable range about +/- 5 degrees
  • 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
  • Motor drive
    Pulse motors and belt drive system, with micro-step motion control (About 250 pps)
  • Go-To slewing/tracking
    Automatic slewingwith STAR BOOK TEN controller, 1000× of sidereal rate at maximum slewing speed, high precision tracking
  • 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.）
  • Controller port
    D-SUB 9　PIN Male connector
  • Power port
    DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Calss4 (Unified Standard), Center plus polarity
  • 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)
  • Size
    386mm x 419mm x 128mm (except protrusion)
  • Weight
    About 13.3 kg (without counterweight)
STAR BOOK TEN controller
  • CPU
    32 bit RISC processor 324MHz SH7764
  • Display
    5-inch TFT color LCD, WVGA(800x480=384,000 pixels), 65,536 colors, with adjustable backlighting
  • Power port
    DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Class 4(Unified Standard), Center plus polarity
  • Autoguider port
    6-pole 6-wired modular jack
  • LAN port
    10BASE-T
  • Controller port
    D-SUB 9PIN Male connector
  • Expansion slot
    For Advance Unit sold separately
  • On-sreen R.A./DEC. display unit
    R.A.: 1 arc second, DEC: 0.1 minute
  • Power supply
    DC12V (supplied from the Mount side)
  • Battery for backup memory
    CR2032
  • Electricity consumption
    12V 0.5A at maximum (stand-alone use)
  • Working temperature
    0 degree to 40 degrees Centigrade
  • Size
    169mm x 154mm x 30mm
  • Weight
    380g (without battery and without cable)
  • 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.
  • 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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