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AstronSCIENTIFIC Rotarion Photo Instruction Manual

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  • Page 2 ROTARION for daytime terrestrial photography and for nighttime astronomical photography. The ROTARION PHOTO is the universal tripod for cameras and other imaging equipment for your ROTARION, patented in the European Union and the United States.
  • Page 3 If you follow the installation instructions correctly, even if the installation is laborious, the use of the ROTARION PHOTO is fully automatic. All this to offer you many hours of enjoyment and satisfaction with your telescope.
  • Page 4 Black plastic tubes for pass through white cables. • 3 additional hollow bolts with larger length, stainless steel, to replace the 3 short hollow arms with pass through cables mounted on the ROTARION PHOTO, for longer height eyepieces or optics. • ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory: "Extender" T2 (M42x0.75) of variable length, to image prime focus...
  • Page 5 System Requirements To operate the ROTARION PHOTO with your ROTARION EyepieceWheel you need the following equipment: Not included in the box • 1 Telescope with 2 "focuser (A). • 1 mount and tripod or telescope column supporting the weight of the telescope, the weight of the 3 or 4 eyepieces to be used, the weight of your imaging equipment and an additional 2.5 kg (B).
  • Page 6 ROTARION Preparation of The ROTARION For the Installation of The Accessory ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS Assembly of The ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS Kit in the ROTARION Assembly of The ROTARION PHOTO In The ROTARION Collimation of ROTARION PHOTO B- Using ROTARION And ROTARION PHOTO...
  • Page 7 Change the power-magnification of your telescope with a simple Click without touching your telescope and without touching your imaging equipment! AstronSCIENTIFIC ROTARION PHOTO is the universal tripod for imaging equipment with automatic electromechanical shutter for the ROTARION EyepieceWheel. You can quick change 1.25·...
  • Page 8 ROTARION PHOTO. Only after having read the Instruction Manual of the ROTARION EyepieceWheel and ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software, after verifying the leveling of heights of the eyepieces and optics mounted in your ROTARION,...
  • Page 9 and for this reason you need the greatest magnification possible. Advanced photographers in planetary imaging use the greatest magnification in the telescope with eyepieces and / or optical Barlow lenses, and a technique called image stacking. This technique consists in the making of films of a few minutes duration to obtain hundreds or thousands of short exposure frames.
  • Page 10 The ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory for primary focus photography mounting on the ROTARION EyepieceWheel and the ROTARION PHOTO is explained later in this manual. If you are starting in astro-photography we recommend that you begin with the single image shooting technique until you master the operation of your telescope and your imaging equipment.
  • Page 11 4. Verification your optics assembly in the ROTARION. At the end of Section 4 of Chapter C ROTARION EyepieceWheel and ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software Instruction Manual, mathematical calculations for the recommended maximum power or magnification of the eyepieces for your telescope are explained.
  • Page 12 removing the "Extenders" mounted under the Baader Click-Lock. • Position [POS-1] ------------------------> (A). • Position [POS-2] ------------------------> (B). • Position [POS-3] ------------------------> (C). • Position [POS-4] ------------------------> (D). The result after mounting all eyepieces or optics and after leveling the heights between the optics by adding or removing "Extenders"...
  • Page 13 Planetary astronomy photography and terrestrial photography, skip to Section 7 of Chapter A, Mounting the ROTARION PHOTO in the ROTARION. If you wish to install the ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory on the ROTARION to perform a prime focus...
  • Page 14 If you have the ROTARION mounted on your telescope, now remove it carefully from your telescope and perform the following operations on a table. To mount the ROTARION PRIME FOCUS accessory you must release the [POS-4] position of the ROTARION where you will install it, selecting and relocating 3 optics or eyepieces in the ROTARION: First unscrew (A) to remove all the elements of group...
  • Page 15 "T2 male a T2 male "on the red carousel of the ROTARION. See the following drawing: [POS-3] 17mm 28mm 28mm 40mm 40mm 17mm Next, you assemble the previous group (B) corresponding to the smallest number of mm eyepiece and greatest magnification, Baader Click- Lock and the "Extenders"...
  • Page 16 Now you remove the group (D) from the position [POS-2] of the ROTARION, leaving the piece with central ring of double thread "T2 male to T2 male" in the red carousel of ROTARION. 28mm [POS-2] 28mm 40mm 40mm If you have performed the previous steps 1 to 4 correctly, the result shown in the following drawing is: ROTARION with the eyepiece named "large field of view"...
  • Page 17 NOTE: Before mounting the "resolutive" eyepiece in the position [POS-2] of the ROTARION, you must select the intermediate eyepiece between the “large field of view" eyepiece with greater number of mm and smaller magnification in [POS-1] and the eyepiece with the highest magnification and the smallest number of mm referred to as "planetary"...
  • Page 18 "resolutive" eyepiece of 1.25", with better scaling between the "large field of view" eyepiece [POS-1] and the "planetary" eyepiece in [POS-3]. Continuing with the preparation steps of the ROTARION ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS Assembly, select the 17mm "resolutive" eyepiece according to the previous example. 40mm 28mm 17mm...
  • Page 19 ATTENTION: ROTARION is designed to accept 1.25" optics of 50mm maximum external diameter to avoid interferences in the assembly and operation problems of ROTARION and ROTARION PHOTO. You may exceed the maximum outside diameter of 50mm at your own risk and responsibility.
  • Page 20 PRIMEFOCUS assembly in the ROTARION. As we indicated at the beginning of Section 4 of Chapter A of this ROTARION PHOTO Instructions Manual, the ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory allows you to photograph deep sky objects. If you have performed the steps in the previous Section 4, your ROTARION is ready for installation in the [POS-4] position of the ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory.
  • Page 21 7. Mounting the ROTATION PHOTO in the ROTARION. If you have completed the above instructions, you can begin the assembly of the ROTARION PHOTO in your ROTARION. To install the ROTATION PHOTO, it is necessary to remove from the ROTARION the stainless-steel handle of the ROTARION.
  • Page 22 following elements and components that you identify in the following drawing. ring view (M42x0,75) for mounting imaging equipment. (II) Thermal radiators. (III) Clamping nuts. (IV) Threaded Stainless steel arms. for height Side adjustment. view (V) DIN stainless Steel nuts. thtening. (VI) Aluminum collimating nuts.
  • Page 23 (IV). Insert through the white connecting cable pairs (VII) of the 3 arms of the ROTARION PHOTO into the 3 black plastic tubes (D) included in the box. These black plastic tubes are used as guides to facilitate the...
  • Page 24 ROTARION (B). To do this, we recommend that you support the ROTARION PHOTO horizontally on a table as shown in the following drawing. ATTENTION: note that the shorter length arms (C) are the ones that are leaning down on your assembly table and the longer arm is above (D).
  • Page 25 Fully insert the 3 arms (IV) of the ROTARION PHOTO through the 2 holes where the handle was located before and through the central hole of the ROTARION carousel until they stop and exit the ends of the 3 arms (A) through the base of the ROTARION.
  • Page 26 After having inserted the ROTARION PHOTO correctly and the discs of the 3 arms (IV) touch firmly in the ROTARION and that also these arms are seen through the back of the ROTARION, you will extract/remove the black cable tubes (A).
  • Page 27 11. With the tightening nuts of the stainless arms and the assembly of the manual collimation nuts, there is only left the connection of the 3 pairs of cables to the red and black connector on the back of the ROTARION. You will group together and thread together a white wire of each stainless steel arm in the red connector (A), as shown in the lower drawing.
  • Page 28 (B). With this last action of the above item 12, the assembly of the ROTARION and ROTARION PHOTO is finished and ready for the next Section 8: Collimation of the ROTARION PHOTO.
  • Page 29 8. Collimation of ROTATION PHOTO In this Section 8 of Chapter A, you will perform two basic actions for the proper operation of the ROTARION PHOTO: a) fine adjustment of height of the automatic shutter using manual collimation nuts and b) collimation (alignment) of the optical axis.
  • Page 30 Unscrew 1 of the 3 stainless-steel (V) DIN nuts from one arm (IV). Rotate the aluminum collimation nut (VI) 1 turn to gain / reduce arm height (A) and ROTARION PHOTO (B) inclination. Screw back tightly the stainless-steel DIN nut (IV) so that the arm (IV) is well supported in the ROTARION.
  • Page 31 And it is fully automatic when you order a change of optics in the ROTARION. When the automatic electromechanical shutter of the ROTARION PHOTO is without electrical power, it is in the inward/back position.
  • Page 32 When you order a change of optics or eyepiece to the ROTARION, the electromechanical shutter of the ROTARION PHOTO has an automatic movement of recoil to allow the change of eyepieces without interference. Only when the ROTARION carousel has rotated and...
  • Page 33 B-Using ROTARION and ROTARION PHOTO. 1. CAUTION! MOVING PARTS! ROTARION EyepieceWheel, ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software and its accessories are not toys, they are optical instruments with mechanisms that must be used by adults at all times. The carousel (A) of the ROTARION EyepieceWheel...
  • Page 34 Follow the instructions in this manual and the main message window of the ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software at all times. CAUTION! MOVING Remove PARTS! hands and Wheel objects! (B) turning (A) WARNING! Do not point your ROTARION and telescope to the sun! Viewing the sun through a telescope without proper solar filters will cause severe and permanent eye damage or blindness!
  • Page 35 For the photographic use of the ROTARION and ROTARION PHOTO you will verify that the advance motion of the shutter of the ROTARION PHOTO is enough to close the space/gap on the optics to avoid the entrance of ambient light.
  • Page 36 ROTARION PHOTO & ROTARION connected to the power supply STATUS PROBLEM SOLUCION Check ROTARION electrical connection cable. Check connection white Shutter has not moved ROTATION PHOTO cables connected to / advanced. the Red / Black connector on the bottom of the ROTARION.
  • Page 37 3. Using Cameras and Imaging Equipment with the ROTATION PHOTO. For photographic use with the ROTARION PHOTO you must use image equipment with T2 ring with thread M42x0,75. If you cannot screw the camera or the imaging equipment because there are dimensional interferences with your...
  • Page 38 Once the original "Extender" M42x0,75 of the ROTARION PHOTO or another "Extender" is screwed to the T2 ring of your camera, the operation is fully automatic. You should only select the optics, eyepiece or ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS kit, focus with your telescope and you can start your imaging shoot.
  • Page 39 4. The "Zoom Effect" With the object centered on the eyepiece and focused, by pressing the [POS-2] button of the ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software, the ROTARION changes the eyepiece on the [POS-1] to the eyepiece [POS-2] with increased power or magnification. [POS-1] [POS-2] Now you must focus the telescope again.
  • Page 40 5. The "Finder Effect". If the image of an object moves or trails through the field of view (A) of the eyepiece due to tracking problems or because the telescope has not been set correctly and finally disappears from the field of view (B), you can re- relocate the object by pressing [POS-1] that changes to the eyepiece with the largest number in mm, the lowest power or magnification and greater field of view (C).

  • Page 41: Product Compliance Information

    Information Please read the following instructions and information. 1. Product Compliance Information The AstronSCIENTIFIC S.L. corporation with address at Marti i Julia 6-8, Barcelona 08834 Spain E.U. has certified this product with the IEC 61010-1 Norm for Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement,...
  • Page 42 2. Service, Maintenance, Cleaning, Disposal, Serial Number, and Dealer: Car adapter fuse: • 4 Amp 12V 6.3x32mm, fast acting. • To replace it, unscrew the tip and replace. Operating environmental conditions: • Max. 2000m. / 0-40 C / 32-104 Fahrenheit and 80% humidity.
  • Page 43 Disposal: • • Equipment with this symbol shall not be disposed of together with household or commercial waste. • Please find out about separate disposal at your regional offices. • The directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronical equipment (WEEE) is applicable in the European Union member states.

  • Page 44: Warranty Period

    D-Warranty The warranty is extended to all countries where this product is distributed by AstronSCIENTIFIC S.L. or by a distributor assigned by it. This warranty is subject to the legal provisions of each country. 3. Warranty period The Warranty period is 2 years from the date of the sales invoice issued by AstronSCIENTIFIC S.L.
  • Page 45 AstronSCIENTIFIC S.L. repair personnel, or any product whose serial number, model number or identification has been removed, defective or altered. AstronSCIENTIFIC S.L. Shall not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages related to the sale or use of the product.