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- Page 1 Manual orion ® EQ-2 Equatorial Mount #9828 Equatorial Mount customer support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com corporate offices (831) 763-7000 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, ca 95076 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 IN 168 Rev. B 04/09...
- Page 2 Leg lock knob Figure 1. EQ-2 Mount ongratulations on your purchase of a quality Orion product. Your new EQ-2 Equatorial Mount was designed to work with many different telescope optical tubes. Designed for astronomical use, this preci- sion mount allows convenient manual “tracking” of celestial objects as they move slowly across the sky, so they remain within your eyepiece’s field of view.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Description shipping containers. In the event that the mount needs to be German-type equatorial mount shipped to another location, or returned to Orion for warranty repair, having the proper box and internal shipping containers Slow-motion control cables will help ensure that your mount will survive the journey Counterweight intact. -
Page 4: Attaching A Telescope
Equatorial Mount. One of these items probably fits the tele- counterweight lock knob becomes loose. scope tube you wish to mount. Check the Orion print or online catalogs for currently available mounting accessories. 10. Attach the two slow-motion cables to the R.A. and Dec. -
Page 5: Setting Up And Using The Equatorial Mount
5. Loosen the tube ring clamps a few turns until you can slide the telescope tube forward and back inside the rings (this can be aided by using a slight twisting motion on the optical tube while you push or pull on it). Position the telescope so that it remains horizontal when you carefully let go with both hands. - Page 6 Dec. setting circle are negative. properly aligned, the object should be visible somewhere in So, the coordinates for the Orion Nebula listed in a star atlas the field of view. Once the object is visible in the eyepiece, use will look like this: the slow-motion controls to center it in the field of view.
- Page 7 That’s 5 hours and 35.4 minutes in right ascension, and -5 4. Loosen the R.A. setting circle lock thumb screw (see Figure degrees and 27 arc-minutes in declination (there are 60 arc- 2); this will allow the setting circle to rotate freely. Rotate the minutes in 1 degree of declination).
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Page 8: Specifications
Polar axis latitude adjustment: 5° to 75° one-Year limited Warranty This Orion Product is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only. During this warranty period Orion Telescopes &...