Opticstar EQ700, Instruction Manual

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Setting the Telescope to Polar Home Position
Please follow the list of steps below to set your mount and telescope in Home Position. Ensure that:
1. the tripod is level.
2.
the mount’s latitude is correctly set for your observing location.
3. the counter-weight shaft points downwards.
4. the mount/telescope has been balanced.
5. both the mount and the telescope point towards Polaris if you are in the
Northern Hemisphere.
6. that the R.A. and DEC Locking levers have been tightened.
7. all fixings have been secured.
8. there is power to the mount.
Once you have assembled positioned and set the balanced telescope in Home
Position you will be ready to proceed. Setting to Home Position is necessary for
the telescope to operate correctly and track the night sky with the aid of the
R.A. manual control alone.
Longitudes & Latitudes List
City Longitude latitude City Longitude Latitude
Aberdeen 57
o
09’ N
4
o
07’ W
Londonderry 55
o
00’ N
0
o
07’ W
Bangor 54
o
39’ N
5
o
40’ W
London 51° 29' N 0° 0' W
Bath 51
o
23’ N
2
o
22’ W
Manchester 53
o
28’ N
2
o
14’ W
Belfast 54° 36' N 5° 55' W Newcastle upon Tyne 54
o
58’ N
1
o
37’ W
Birmingham 52° 29' N 1° 56' W
Newry 54
o
11’ N
6
o
21’ W
Bristol 51 o
27’ N
2 o
35’ W
Norwich 52 o
37’ N
1 o
17’ E
Cambridge 52
o
12’ N
0
o
07’ E
Nottingham 52 o
57’ N
1 o
08’ W
Cardiff 51° 28' N 3° 10' W Omagh 54
o
36’ N
7
o
15’ W
Coventry 52
o
24’ N
1
o
31’ W
Oxford 51
o
46’ N
1
o
15’ W
Dundee 56
o
27’ N
2
o
59’ W
Peterborough 52
o
35’ N
0
o
15’ W
Edinburgh 55° 55' N 3° 11' W Plymouth 50
o
22’ N
4
o
10’ W
Glasgow 55° 52' N 4° 17' W Reading 51
o
27’ N
0
o
58’ W
Inverness 57 o
28’ N
4 o
14’ W
Sheffield 53
o
23’ N
1
o
28’ W
Ipswich 52 o
04’ N
1 o
10’ E
Southampton 50
o
54’ N
1
o
24’ W
Leeds 53 o
48’ N
1 o
33’ W
Swansea 51 o
37’ N
3 o
57’ W
Liverpool 53
o
24’ N
2
o
59’ W
York 53 o
58’ N 1
o
06’ W
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