TRACKING: Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles to accurately locate and track sky objects. Motor drive automatically tracks celestial objects as they appear to move across the night sky
SIMPLE TO ASSEMBLE: Adjustable, full height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray. Quick and easy no-tool setup
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, a finderscope and a motor drive, Tripod Weight: 3.4 Kg
AVAILABLE SOFTWARE: Download Starry Night Basic Software with a 36,000 object database, printable sky maps and enhanced images, including 3D renderings of stars, exoplanets, and galaxies
OPTICAL ZOOM: 130.0 multiplier_x
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 30-09-2008
model number: 31051
Part Number: 31051
Details: Description
Product Description
Turn your manual German equatorial mount into a tracking mount by adding the included RA motor drive to your telescope. This easy-to-install RA motor drive compensates for the Earth’s rotation, so the telescope tracks a star’s movement through the night sky from east to west. When the telescope mount is properly polar aligned and the RA drive is attached and running, the user need only make occasional adjustments in declination (Dec) to keep an object in the eyepiece for long periods of time. The Celestron single-axis motor drive runs on a 9V battery, so there are no cords to get in the way. The drive can be used in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. To change hemispheres (reverse the motor’s direction), simply by flip the N/S switch on the face of the motor drive. It is also simple to change the speed of the motor. A “Speed Rate RegulatorInches knob is located just under the power indicator and can be turned in either direction to slow down or speed up the motor. Since solar system objects like the Moon and planets move through the sky at different rates than deep-sky objects do, this gives you the ability to match the motor’s speed to the particular type of object you are observing.
Box Contains
1 x Optical tube with attached sky pointer and tube
Rings
1 x CG-3 equatorial mount
1 x counterweight bar
2 x 4.8 lbs. (2.2kg) counterweights
R.A. & Dec. slow-motion cables
1 x 10mm eyepiece – 1.25”
1 x Erect image 20mm eyepiece – 1.25”
1 x “The Sky” Level 1 CD-ROM
