Moving The Ap Mount; Changing The Slewing Speed - Vixen AP Equatorial Mount Instruction Manual

INITIAL SETTING AND BASIC OPERATION
Basic Operation of the AP Equatorial Mount

Moving the AP Mount

The AP Mount is designed to move and stop the rotational axes without a clamp system. The tracking and slow motion control
are done with the manual slow motion control knobs.
Moving the AP-SM Mount or AP Photo Guider
Both the AP-SM Mount and AP Photo Guider come with the R.A motor module as standard. The tracking and slow motion are
controlled by the supplied STAR BOOK ONE controller in the direction of the R.A. Addition of an optional DEC motor module
will allow you to move the R.A and DEC axes with the STAR BOOK ONE.
Note: Usage of the STAR BOOK ONE is described as operating instructions for the AP-SM
Mount here. You may occasionally find wording not relevant to the AP Photo Guider.
1
Turn the power switch ON to star t tracking
with the R.A motor module.
2
Move the mount freely while holding the optical tube by hand so that you can changethe
telescope's pointing direction.
Star
N x60

Changing the Slewing Speed

Move the mount at different speeds through use of the direction keys.
While both the Mount and Display buttons are inactive with no illumination, pressing the Plus button will
accelerate the slewing speed and pressing the Minus button will decelerate the slewing speed.
Default slewing speed: 60x of the sidereal rate at a maximum, and it can be slowed down to 30X, 1.0X and 0.5X
of the sidereal rate. The slewing speed can be changed between 0.1X and 60X of the sidereal rate.
Star
N ×60
Star
N ×30
Star
N ×1.0
Star
N ×0.5
Power Switch
Note: The up and down keys are inoperative unless
an optional DEC motor module is installed
on the AP-SM mount. Use the slow motion
control knob to move the mount slowly in the
direction of the DEC.
X60
Choose this option when you make a large change to the direction of the mount in combination with the
friction stop.
X30
Use this option when you bring your target object in the crosshairs in the field of view of the finder scope.
The mount moves slowly.
X1.0
Choose this option when you correct a position of the object in the field of view of the telescope as it
makes you move the mount very slowly.
X0.5
Choose this option when you use the telescope with high magnification. The mount moves extremely
slow.
Polar axis
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DEC axis
Slow motion
control knob