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Omegon EQ-320 Instruction Manual

Instruction Manual

Omegon® EQ-320 RA tracking motor

English version 12/2020/1.0 A Art. No. 65804

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Page 1 Instruction Manual Omegon® EQ-320 RA tracking motor English version 12/2020/1.0 A Art. No. 65804 The complete or partial reproduction of the contents of this document in any form other than for private use is expressly prohibited. Subject to alterations and errors. All texts, images and trademarks are the property of nimax GmbH.
Page 2 Omegon® EQ-320 RA tracking motor Thank you for choosing our “EQ-320” tracking motor for the right ascension axis. Equatorial mounts are tracked in the right ascension axis (hour axis); this motor set can therefore help you to comfortably observe the sky and gain your first experiences with astrophotography.
Page 3 Align the tracking motor with its mounting bracket with the threaded holes of the mounting screws and at the same time push the shaft coupling onto the shaft of the RA drive screw. First ensure that the clamping screws of the shaft coupling (1, Fig.
Page 4 North. In the Southern hemisphere it should then be in position “S”. The permanent tracking speed is the “single sidereal”. With the Omegon motor set for the EQ-320 mount, the motor speed can also be set to 4 further speeds, 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x sidereal. That considerably...