Setting Up The Tripod; Attaching The Equatorial Mount; Installing A Half Pillar - Vixen SPHINX SXD Instruction Manual

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SETTING UP
I

Setting up the Tripod

Place the tripod on level ground for stable observing.
Loosen the extension clamp on the tripod leg so that the tripod leg can be adjusted.
Draw out of the tripod leg until it is at the desired height.
Tighten the extension clamp to hold the leg securely in place.

Installing a Half Pillar

(Proceed to the next section if your telescope doesn't have a half pillar.)
(1) Screw the metal peg into the outer screw hole on the top of the half pillar by using a coin.
*The inner screw hole on the top of the half pillar is not used.
(2) After loosening the lock knob on the lower part of the half pillar, place the half pillar over
the tripod head. Attach the half pillar on the tripod head so that the metal peg on the
tripod head comes underneath the through hole on the bottom of the half pillar.
Screw the fixing bolt underneath the tripod head to secure the half pillar. Tighten the lock
knob on the half pillar.
II Attaching the Equatorial Mount
First, loosen the azimuth adjustment knobs on the equatorial mount.
Place the equatorial mount right above the tripod head and attach the equatorial mount on
the tripod head so that the metal peg on the tripod head comes underneath the middle of
the two azimuth adjustment knobs.
Make sure that the brass traveler nut is in the center of the threaded brass adjustment shaft.