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).