Eq2 motor drive manual

Searching the subreddit for "motor drive" turns up only one poster who was remotely successful, and his motor drive was a multi directional $ device. While certainly can do astrophotography with a motor drive, I am going to highly recommend that you get a tracking mount for your telescope if you want to do DSO or other types of astrophotography.  · Anyway, to come to the point of this post, it was lacking the original fitment RA motor drive, so I'd like to fit a replacement. I've been scouring the Internet to see what choice there is and which is the correct fitment for my hybrid EQ2 (at least that's what I think it is). A motor drive allows tracking of celestial objects. Tracking corrects for rotation of N/S switch changes direction of motor tracking. the earth by rotating the telescope at about the speed of an hour hand on a clock. The single axis drive unit is known as a clock drive. For polar-aligned equatorial mounts, the motor drive will correct for earth's.

Sky-Watcher - The worlds largest telescope manufacturer. Sky-Watcher Global. Instructions: motor drive for telescopes with EQ2 mounts 3 2. Install the spring as the following picture shows and fasten the screw again. Then install the motor drive to the support as the following picture shows. You might need to pull back the motor drive a little bit harder due to the spring that holds the gears in position. These economical single axis (R.A.) DC motor drives are designed to compensate for the earth's rotation. Their rotation speed matches the earth's rotation rate for stars to appear stationary in telescope eyepieces. This item takes the 9-volt alkaline battery, wich could last up to 40 hours (depending on battery quality).

7 Jun Buy: Can be fitted to any telescope supplied with the Skywatcher EQ2 equatorial mount. Provides multi-speed (1x/2x/4x) motor tracking of the. The single axis drive unit is known as a clock drive. For polar-aligned equatorial mounts, the motor drive will correct for earth's rotation. The hand. user must manually adjust the slow-motion cables to follow the Sun or stars as they move in the sky. With the RA motor drive installed, the Coronado EQS.