Orion Sirius Pro AZ/EQ-G, Instruction Manual

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table of contents
Part 1: UNPACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Part 2: ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Setting Up the Pier Tripod (“Pier-Pod”) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Attaching the Counterweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3 Attach the Hand Controller Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.4 Installing a Telescope on the Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.5 Balancing the Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PART 3: USING THE SIRIUS PRO AZ/EQ-G MOUNT 7
3.1 Manually Rotating the Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Using the Setting Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3 Adjusting the R.A. Axis Elevation (Latitude) . . . . . . . . 8
3.4 Setting the Mount to Alt-azimuth Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5 Mounting a Second Telescope (Altazimuth mode only) 9
PART 4: POLAR ALIGNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 1.
The Sirius Pro AZ/EQ-G mount
PART 5: DRIVE PANEL INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.1 Panel Interface Components: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.2 Pinout of the Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.3 Attaching the SynScan GoTo Hand Controller . . . . . 12
5.4 Power Supply Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PART 6: OTHER SIRIUS PRO AZ/EQ-G FEATURES 12
6.1 Auxiliary Encoder Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.2 Permanent Periodic Error Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.3 Batch Exposure Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SUGGESTED ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14