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CGEM DX Mount Manual - Page 2
Table of Contents
Introduction 1 Warning 1
Assembly 3 Setting up the Tripod 3 Attaching the Accessory Tray 3 Attaching the Azimuth Adjustment Knobs 3 Attaching the Equatorial Mount 3 Installing the Counterweight Bar 4 Installing the Counterweight 4 Attaching the Hand Control Holder 5 Attaching an Optical Tube to the Mount 5 Moving the Telescope Manually 5 Balancing the Mount in R.A 5 ...
CGEM DX Mount Manual - Page 6
... equatorial mount over the tripod adapter so that the azimuth housing ...Support Rod
Locking Screw
Counterweight
Figure 2-4
Installing the Counterweight Bar
To properly balance the telescope, the mount comes with a counterweight bar and at least one counterweight (depending on model). To install the counterweight bar: 1. Locate the counterweight bar locking nut from the box
containing the CGEM DX...
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... levers to clutch down each axis of the telescope. To loosen the clutches on the telescope, rotate the lock levers counterclockwise.
DEC Lock
RA Lock
Hand Control Holder
Figure 2-6
Attaching an Optical Tube to the Mount
The CGEM DX mount is equipped with a mounting plate that accepts the Celestron CGE style (3") dovetail bar. Before you attach the...
CGEM DX Mount Manual - Page 8
... adapter), simply plug the round post into the 12v outlet on the electronic panel and plug the other end into your cars cigarette lighter outlet or portable power supply (see Optional Accessories).
2. Turn on the power to the telescope by flipping the switch, located on the electronics panel, to the "On" position.
Hand Control
All Celestron computerized telescope...
CGEM DX Mount Manual - Page 10
...set the mount to its index position. Move the telescope mount, either manually or with the hand control, so that the index marked in both R.A. and Dec are aligned (see Fig 3-2). Press Enter to continue.
• The hand control will then display...city you choose will be remembered in the hand controls memory so that it will be automatically displayed the next time an alignment is done. Alternatively...
CGEM DX Mount Manual - Page 13
... current information has been received, it will update the displayed information. If GPS is switched off or not present, the hand control will only display the last saved time and location.
User Defined Objects - Your telescope can store up to 100 different user defined objects in its memory. The objects can be daytime land objects or an...
CGEM DX Mount Manual - Page 17
... of the hand control and motor control The first set of numbers indicate the hand control software version. For the motor control, the hand control will display two sets of numbers; the first numbers are for azimuth and the second set are for altitude.
Get Axis Position - Displays the relative altitude and azimuth for the current position of the telescope.
Goto Axis Position...
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...CGEM DX mount has a polar alignment function called "All-Star" polar alignment that will help you polar align your telescope...reticle eyepiece (see Optional Accessories) or a high power eyepiece to precisely center the star in the field ...control and with the mount adjustment. To display the alignment error:
1. Press the Align button and use the Up/Down buttons on the hand controller to select Display...
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... the GPS module into your telescope's drive base port. The SkySync will link up and automatically download the exact time, date, longitude and latitude from one of many global positioning satellites.
PowerTank (#18774) - 12v 7Amp hour rechargeable power supply. Comes with two 12v output cigarette outlets, builtin red flash light , Halogen emergency spotlight. Switchable 110v/220v AC adapter...
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Appendix A - Technical Specifications
CGEM DX Mount
Hand Control Motor: Type Max Slew Speed Software Precision Hand Control Ports Motor Ports Tracking Rates Tracking Modes ... perfect optical system. Since the star can never be focused perfectly, 84% of
Alt-Azimuth Mounting
Altitude
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the light will concentrate into a single disk, and 16 % into a system of surrounding rings.
A telescope mounting...
Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly Manual - Page 2
...power corrector plate, a spherical primary mirror, and a secondary mirror. Once light rays enter the optical system, they travel the length of the optical tube three times.
The optics of the Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes... telescope. The 8", 9.25" and 11" optical tubes come with the visual back installed....set screw in a convenient position and rotate the knurled slip ring clockwise until ...
Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly Manual - Page 3
... the visual back until the star diagonal rotates freely. Rotate the diagonal to the desired position and tighten the set screw.
Installing the Eyepiece
The eyepiece, or ocular, is an optical element that magnifies the image focused by the telescope. The eyepiece fits into either the visual back directly or the star diagonal. To...
Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly Manual - Page 4
...in place.
To remove the eyepiece, loosen the set screw on the star diagonal and slide the ...power, see the section on "Calculating Magnification."
Installing the Finderscope
The Celestron tube assembly come with a finderscope used to help you locate and center objects in the main field of your telescope. To accomplish this, the finder has a built-in cross-hair reticle that shows the optical...
Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly Manual - Page 7
.... This makes the system an f/10, (focal length divided by diameter). However, the C14 optical tube has a 154 inch focal length with a F-ratio of f/11. When the secondary is removed and the CCD camera is placed at the Fastar position, the system becomes f/2, this is a unique feature to some Celestron telescopes (see figures below).
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