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iOptron

CEM70 Center-Balanced Equatorial Mount

Instruction Manual

Product CEM70(#C70A), CEM70G(#C70AG) and CEM70EC(#C704A0)

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Page 1: ...iOptron CEM70 Center Balanced Equatorial Mount Instruction Manual Product CEM70 C70A CEM70G C70AG and CEM70EC C704A0...

Page 2: ...ly when disengaging the gear switches Otherwise personal injury and or equipment damage may occur Any worm system damage due to improper operation will not be covered by iOptron s limited warranty If...

Page 3: ...5 Complete Functions of Go2Nova 8407 Hand Controller 23 5 1 Select and Slew 23 5 1 1 Solar System 23 5 1 2 Deep Sky Objects 23 5 1 3 Stars 23 5 1 4 Comets 23 5 1 5 Asteroids 23 5 1 6 Constellations 23...

Page 4: ...Maintenance and Servicing 33 6 1 Maintenance 33 6 2 iOptron Customer Service 33 6 3 Product End of Life Disposal Instructions 33 6 4 Battery Replacement and Disposal Instructions 33 Appendix A Techni...

Page 5: ...USB 3 0 connection and WIFI connection The CEM70 mount is equipped with the most advanced GOTONOVA GOTO technology making it one of the most powerful and accurate GOTO mounts available TheGo2Nova 8407...

Page 6: ...0V 240V with 2 5mmX5 5mm plug Hand Controller Cable 6P6C RJ11 to RJ11 straight wired USB cable Wi Fi external antenna CEM70G only Aluminum carrying case 1X 21lb 9 5 kg counterweight 7226 OPTIONAL PART...

Page 7: ...mount 2 5mmX5 5mm 5525 ON OFF Power Switch ST 4 Autoguide port USB USB port for mount firmware upgrade and computer control HBX Hand Box For connecting to an 8407 Hand Controller On Dovetail Saddle Sh...

Page 8: ...orts It is connected to the iPolar USB input on the rear end of RA axis Figure 4 5521 12V socket X2 These two 12V DC output sockets are powered by mount main DC 12V power The combined maximum power ou...

Page 9: ...vetail saddle iPORT Auxiliary port for connecting to other iOptron accessories such as an electronic focuser or for observatory dome control DO NOT plug ST 4 guiding camera cable into this port It wil...

Page 10: ...hoice or slew the telescope to a selected object Arrow Keys The arrow keys are used to control the movement of DEC and R A axes Press and hold DEC DEC buttons to move a telescope along the DEC directi...

Page 11: ...tion or Search Zero Position command User Position The mount is pointed to a user defined position which could be a particular celestial object or simply a position determined by pressing an arrow key...

Page 12: ...iodic Error Correction playback is turned on Default is off 12 Tracking speed Displays the current tracking rate of the mount SDRL mount is tracking at sidereal speed Solar mount is tracking at solar...

Page 13: ...ting holes separated 130mm in diameter Figure 12 Tripod top Figure 13 Locking the mount Figure 14 Store the wrench Hold mount head while remove the Allen wrench from the RA yoke Turn the RA gear switc...

Page 14: ...ghten the Altitude Locking Clamps when done The altitude adjustment employs worm gear system and can be adjusted precisely when turn in one direction The fine adjustment is 0 5 arcmin Use the wrench a...

Page 15: ...Cap at the end of CW Shaft Glide the CW over the shaft with the larger hole opening facing down Place the Safety Cap back onto the shaft Move the CW to the bottom of the shaft and tighten the CW lock...

Page 16: ...back and forth in the mount saddle or within the scope mounting rings Balance the assembly in R A axis by moving CW along its shaft Repeat the process until both DEC and RA axes are balanced CAUTION T...

Page 17: ...the event that the GPS module is unable to establish a link to the satellites local time can be entered manually Use the or key to move the cursor _ and use the number keys to change the numbers Use t...

Page 18: ...en W and E and N and S and use the number keys to change the numbers It is always a good idea to do your homework and get longitude and latitude coordinates before traveling to a new observation site...

Page 19: ...ent Software There are quite a few alignment software available or polar alignment such as PHD2 guiding TheSky software PemPro or Alignmaster BrightStar Polar Alignment Polar Iterate Align BrightStar...

Page 20: ...m Press BACK button to exit alignment procedure NOTE The movement of the alignment star in your eyepiece may not be perpendicular but crossed depends on its location in the sky STEP 9 Put the mount ba...

Page 21: ...ical objects using the HC Use the arrow keys and to point the telescope to the desired part of the sky Use the number keys to change the slewing speed Press the STOP 0 button to start tracking 4 3 One...

Page 22: ...er the power is back just do a Select and Slew to the same star when the power is lost The mount will continue to track the star 4 7 Turning Off the Mount When you have finished your observation simpl...

Page 23: ...rs quasars and nebulae Named Objects consists of 92 popular deep sky objects with their common names A list of named deep sky objects is included in Appendix H Messier Catalog consists of all 110 Mess...

Page 24: ...vides a polar alignment via Polar Iterate Align which uses a set of 2 bright This also provides a viable polar alignment approach for those who can t see the pole The system provides four alignment me...

Page 25: ...System Align for a list of available alignment objects 5 3 6 Polar Iterate Align This alignment method allows you to polar align the mount even if you cannot view the Celestial Pole Press the MENU bu...

Page 26: ...ypad s backlight intensity 5 4 4 Set Guiding Rate Press MENU Settings Set Guiding Rates This is an advanced function for autoguiding when a guiding camera is utilized either via a Guide Port or using...

Page 27: ...ate King Rate and User Defined Speed The User defined speed can be adjusted from 0 1000X to 1 9000X of sidereal The King Rate developed by Edward S King corrects the tracking rate of a telescope to ac...

Page 28: ...f the controller LCD back heater When Heating ON is selected the heater will automatically be turned on when the ambient temperature reaches 0 C 32 F and shut off at 10 C 5 4 11 Set RA Guiding The fun...

Page 29: ...variations In order to use the PEC function the Go2Nova hand controller first needs to record the periodic error The periodic error of the worm gear drive will be used to correct periodic error We re...

Page 30: ...rbit parameter No Name Year M Day q e I H G C 2012 S1 ISON 2013 11 28 7960 0 0125050 1 0000030 345 5088 295 7379 61 8570 6 0 4 0 Select Add a New Comet to add a new one The hand controller will displa...

Page 31: ...to its Zero Position 5 10 2 Set Zero Position This set the Zero Position for the firmware The Zero Position reference will be an undefined value after firmware upgrade or it may lost during power outa...

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Page 33: ...urchase information and daytime telephone number We have found that most problems can be resolved by e mails or telephone calls so please contact iOptron first to avoid returning the mount for repair...

Page 34: ...pe iPolarTM Internal electronic polar scope Hand Controller Go2Nova 8407 212 000 objects database star recognition Meridian treatment Stop 0 10 pass auto flip Zero position Automatic zero search Park...

Page 35: ...ury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Sun Moon Deep Sky Objects Named Object Messier Catalog NGC PGC Caldwell Catalog Abell Catalog Herschel Catalog Named Stars Double Multi Stars SAO Catalog C...

Page 36: ...olar System Align View Model Error Clear Alignment Data Polar Iterate Align Position of Pole Star Three Star Alin One Star Align Two Star Align Set Guiding Rates Set Tracking Rate Set Parking Position...

Page 37: ...e One Comet Delete All Comets Custom Comets Edit User Objects Add a New Object Browse Objects Delete One Object Delete All Objects Other Objects Zero Position Goto Zero Position Set Zero position Firm...

Page 38: ...Cave Nebula 67 Phantom Streak Nebula 22 Christmas Tree Cluster 68 Pinwheel Galaxy 23 Cigar Galaxy 69 Pleiades 24 Cocoon Nebula 70 Ring Nebula 25 Coma Pinwheel 71 Rosette Nebula 26 Copeland Septet 72 S...

Page 39: ...39 Messier Catalog This table is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License It uses material from the Wikipedia article List of Messier objects...

Page 40: ...Alcor 72 Atria 121 Gomeisa 170 Mintaka 24 Alcyone 73 Avior 122 Graffias Zeta 171 Mira 25 Aldebaran 74 Azha 123 Groombridge 1830 172 Mirach 26 Alderamin 75 Barnard s Star 124 Gruid 173 Mirfak 27 Alfir...

Page 41: ...Regulus 219 Scheat 235 Taygeta 251 Yed Posterior 204 Rigel 220 Schedar 236 Tejat Posterior 252 Yed Prior 205 Rigel Kentaurus A 221 Seginus 237 Thuban 253 Zaniah 206 Rigel Kentaurus B 222 Shaula 238 T...

Page 42: ...er 20 Cepheus Cep 64 Phoenix Phe 21 Cetus Cet 65 Pictor Pic 22 Chamaeleon Cha 66 Pisces Psc 23 Circinus Cir 67 Piscis Austrinus PsA 24 Columba Col 68 Puppis Pup 25 Coma Berenices Com 69 Pyxis Pyx 26 C...

Page 43: ...pus 15123 5206 242304 24 HIP 27072 Gamma Leporis Lupus 05445 2227 170759 25 HIP 26549 Sigma Orionis Orion 05387 0236 132406 26 HIP 85667 HD 158614 Ophiuchus 17304 0104 141702 27 HIP 74376 Kappa1 Lupi...

Page 44: ...ydrae Hydra 11053 2718 179514 78 HIP 76669 Zeta Coronae Borealis Corona Borealis 7 CrB 15394 3638 64833 79 HIP 99770 b3 Cygni Cygnus 29 Cyg 20145 3648 69678 80 HIP 101027 Rho Capricorni Capricornus 11...

Page 45: ...HIP 111546 8 Lacertae Lacerta 22359 3938 72509 129 HIP 29151 HD 42111 Orion 06090 0230 113507 130 HIP 107253 79 Cygni Cygnus 21434 3817 71643 131 HIP 88136 41 Draconis Draco 18002 8000 8996 132 HIP 8...

Page 46: ...747 95795 181 HIP 3885 65 Piscium Pisces 00499 2743 74295 182 HIP 93371 HD 176270 Australis 19011 3704 210816 183 HIP 36345 HD 59499 Puppis 07289 3151 198038 184 HIP 108364 HD 208947 Cepheus 21572 660...

Page 47: ...re the small hole 3mm in diameter that is blocked by the dovetail saddle Another larger hole 5mm is located on the side of the DEC gear housing There is a set screw inside the 3mm hole which locks the...

Page 48: ...out 1 8 turn or less for tracking Tighten the set screw in the small hole to LOCK the gear screw important before test the mount Adjust again if needed but no more than turn in total If you feel there...

Page 49: ...computer 2 The iPolar driver will be automatically installed if it is the first time connecting to the computer 3 You should see iOptron iPolar under Camera catalog in computer Device Manager 4 Goto...

Page 50: ...nt type CEM40G GEM45G and CEM70G uses different Commander ASCOM Drive Test the mount computer control before setup the autoguiding 1 Connect iGuider to a PC The iGuider guiding system is connected int...

Page 51: ...nter 120mm into guide scope focal length tab and click Next If the program displays the following error please exit iOptron iPolar software Select correct iOptron ASCOM driver from the dropdown menu H...

Page 52: ...aptive Optics Device setting window select None and go to Next Save the Profile Name Do not check Build dark library You may do it at a late time Click Finish to complete the Profile setup Connect all...

Page 53: ...If you are using the iGudier the first time you may need to adjust the guiding camera focusing Set up the mount Connect the mount to a computer Perform polar alignment Set the Zero Position To adjust...

Page 54: ...star in the interested area is not bright enough or weather condition one can adjust the camera exposure time The camera exposure time change won t be kept when power is off The power on default expo...

Page 55: ...e 30mm Focal length 120mm Imaging sensor 1 3 in CMOS Pixel size 3 75 m Resolution 1280X960 Operation system Windows driverless Number Exposure 13 0 01s 12 0 02s 11 0 05s 10 0 1s 9 0 2s 8 0 5s 7 1 0s 6...

Page 56: ...d control boards can be upgraded by the customer Please check iOptron s website www iOptron com under Support Directory CEM Mounts select CEM70 for details The mount firmware is upgraded via USB port...

Page 57: ...Mac OS Connect wirelessly for CEM70G internal Wi Fi adapter The mount can be controlled via ASCOM protocol Windows OS SmartPhone Pad and Mac OS wirelessly To control the mount via ASCOM protocol you...

Page 58: ...d to abuse misuse mishandling or unauthorized repair Further product malfunction or deterioration due to normal wear is not covered by this warranty IOPTRON DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED...

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