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iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wob urn, MA 01801 www.iOptron.com AccuAligning TM Polar Scope for SmartEQ TM Portable German Equatorial GOTO Mount Installation and User Manual Product #3130 ®.
2 iOptron’s AccuAligning TM polar scope #3130 is an accessory for SmartEQ portable German equatorial mount. It provides a fast and accurate pol ar axis alignment with Quick Polar Alignment procedure. Included in Package: • 1X Polar scope #3130 • 1X Polar scope set screw • 1X Polar scope illumination LED • 2X M3 screw and nut Figure 1.
3 3. Insert polar scope all the way into the scope housing, as shown in Figure 3. The polar scope will be tight fitted into the scope house. Secure the scope by tightening the set screw. Figure 3. Install polar scope Install polar scope illumination LED 1.
4 2. If there is no illumination LED installed, plea se follow the procedures bellow t o install it. Release four (4) screws from the SmartEQ face plate, as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5. Remove face plate screws Figure 6. Disconnect cables 3. Carefully pull the face plate open.
5 5. Secure the LED onto the control board using supplied screw and nut set s. Figure 8. Secure the LED using screws and nuts 6. If you have an AC/DC power supply, you may connect the power supply and Go2Nova 8408 hand controller to the control board.
6 Figure 10. Polar Scope Dial Figure 11. Zero position mark 5. Release R.A. Clutch Screw. Press the LFTT or RIGHT button on the hand controller to rotate the polar scope to align the 12 o’clock position of t he dial on the top, as shown in Figure 10.
7 Figure 13. Azimuth adjustment Figure 14. Latitude Adjustment Adjust Polar Scope Focuser If the polar scope does not focus on the dista nt object, take the polar scope out of the mount housing. Point the polar scope to a far distant object. Adjust the Objective Lens by turning the tube to get a clear image.
8 1. Release RA Clutch Screws. Rotate the mount along the RA axis to the balance position, dovetail saddle on the right side. Lock the RA clutch screws. 2. Loose latitude Locking Screws and Azimuth Locking Screws a little. Centering the object one the cr oss hairs by adjust Latitude Adjust.
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