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Operating manual Additional lighting for Omegon MiniTrack LX2, LX3, LX Quattro mount polarscopes plus Skywatcher EQ3, EQ5, Celestron AVX and Meade LX85 English version 10.2020 Rev. A Item no. 69568 Reproducing the contents of this document in whole or in part for purposes other than private use is expressly prohibited in any form.
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Thank you for choosing our additional lighting for the Omegon polarscope. Please read this manual carefully so that you can carry out the relatively simple steps without errors. The additional lighting brightens up the light output of your polarscope, which means that you can see the black image of the viewfinder even in pitch black nights.
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The Omegon MiniTrack LX2, LX3 and LX Quattro mount can be aligned much more precisely with it. It is important to have the EQ-500 polarscope – or any other comparable polarscope with a shaft diameter of 17.5mm. The MiniTrack LX adapter, which must be purchased along with the LX2, is also necessary.
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Fig. 5 Screw it in carefully and completely For Skywatcher equatorial mounts, EQ3-2 (also called NEQ-3), as well as the NEQ-5 (Fig. 7), the enclosed thin O-ring is inserted into the groove provided: Fig. 6 The O-ring should also be used with the LX85 mount from Meade Instruments., however, the O-ring should not be used with the Celestron Advanced VX mount.