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9.4. Pointing west. When aiming towards the west, especially if there is a strong imbalance, it could happen that the timer
“accelerates” because of the load in favour of the movement, for which the “R” tooth has been added. This allows you to
compensate also this imbalance by braking the rotation motion (last figure on the right – top).
10. Aiming to South Celestial Pole (SCP)
10.1. Identify the Crux constellation near the SCP. Align the stars as shown in the figure and count 4.5x its distance in the
same direction to find the SCP. Upon installing the supplied polar finder (B) we will look in more detail on how to have the
star in the centre of the polar finder (B) field of view.
How to identify Crux?
Crux is a constellation with the shape of a kite. If you align the head and
the tail of the kite and count 4.5x the distance to the tail you get a rough
position of the south celestial pole (SCP).
Quick overview of what is needed to setup the Quattro!
1. Thread the ball-head.
2. Release the locking pin.
3. Place the mount with the ball-head to the tripod’s base.
4. Place the camera to the ball-head making sure that – the camera setup is balanced with regards to the ball-head!
5. Install the polar finder.
6. Peek through the polar finder to set the mount in station (precise alignment).
7. Rotate the winding knob.
8. Frame the camera.
9. Check tempo (metronome).
