Fornax Mounts LIGHTRACK II, Installation Manual

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LighTrack II Star Tracker
Don’t be fooled by the small size of the LighTrack II. It’s a very powerful and
accurate tracking mount and, with proper polar alignment, you will get beautiful
pinpoint stars in your long exposure photos. In order to get the best out of your
tracker, we recommend using it with our FMW-200 equatorial wedge and a
polarscope. You can get a FMPS-10 polarscope from us or you can use your
own.
Mount the tracker to the equatorial wedge using the two supplied screws then
mount the assembly on a sturdy tripod. We strongly suggest weighing down the
tripod to get more stability.
INSTALLATION GUIDE OF THE LIGHTRACK II SET-UP
Using a 3D photo head as a “wedge”:
(3D photo head is not included)
Fix the photo plate (part of the 3D head) to the LighTrack II mount with the standard 1/4” photo thread which takes
place at the buttom of the mount (1) .
Fix the LighTrack II to the 3D head with the relaise clamp (2) . Please make sure the plate is fixed well to the mount!
Using FMW-200 Wedge:
Fix the FMW-200 Wedge to the tripod with the 3/8” standard photo thread (1-2) .
The LighTrack II mount can be fixed to the FMW-200 Wedge easily with the two M6x6 screws (included) (3-5) .
Balance the FMW-200 Wedge with the bubble spirit level using your tripod’s legs
(6)
.
Fix your ballhead to the LighTrack II mount with the 3/8” photo thread (7-8) .
Now you can set up your camera (9) . Please make sure every screw is tighten enough. Also make sure your camera
is fixed well.
Rotate the polarscope arm to a comfortable position. Fix your polarscope with the M28x1 threaded ring (included) (10-
14) .
If you have the FMPS-10 Illuminated Polarscope or you use the Universal Polarscope Adapter first you need to align
your scope: Rotate the polarscope arm 90 degrees (15) . We call it position one. Choose a long distance point object.
Set this point to the center of the scope’s wiev of field. Rotate the polarscope arm 180 degrees (16) . We call it position
two. The polarscope is aligned if the point still in the center. If not you need to set the six thumbscrews on the Univer-
sal Polarscope Adapter
(17)
. You need to do this until the point is in the center of the polarscope’s veiw of field in both
positions (position one and two).
If your polarscope is alligned well you can start the polar alignment method. For any help please check the manual of
your polarscope or read or polar alignement istructions.