Paramount User Guide
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Model Minimum and Maximum Altitude of Wedge
14° – 68°
URL for Latitude Adjustment Wedge (for latitudes outside this range):
https://www.bisque.com/sc/shops/store/Latitude-Adjustment-Wedge.aspx
10° – 65°
URL for Latitude Adjustment Wedge (for latitudes outside this range):
http://www.bisque.com/sc/shops/store/MXLatitudeAdjustmentWedge.aspx
0° – 64°
Bubble Level
The Paramount bubble level is suitable for the most demanding astronomy work, and can make polar
alignment easier when no polar alignment scope is available.
Figure 63: Center the bubble in the black ring for best results.
One-tenth of one inch motion in the level bubble’s level equates to 45 arcminutes of angular “tilt.”
Positioning the bubble in the center of the black ring means the mount is level to within 5 arcminutes.
Remember, the base of a GEM does not
have to be
perfectly level to achieve precision tracking. As an
extreme example, provided the equatorial axis is pointed to the refracted celestial pole, the base of a GEM
could be vertical and still follow the stars.
If the mount’s base is not close to horizontal, adjusting one axis pollutes the position of the other axis and
makes the process of polar alignment more difficult.
