Check your observing site with a compass, a GPS system or a map in advance to confirm that Octans, the Southern Cross
and Alpha Eridani can be seen from your observing location on the date of observation.
1
Set up the telescope on flat and hard ground where you can
see Octans in the sky. A rough setting with a compass or
pointing the polar axis of your telescope’s mount for Octans
will work well for visual observation. Point the polar axis of
the SXD2 mount in the direction of south as shown in the
figure. Adjust the tripod legs so that the tripod is as level as
possible.
Take off the front polar axis cap on the declination body and
the rear cap on the polar axis body.
2
Turn on the power switch of the mount and advance the
initial settings until the telescope’s home position screen
appears on the screen of the STAR BOOK TEN.
3
Eridanus
Crux
Octans
Pavo
Apus
Chamaeleon
Mensa
Reticulum
Horologium
Hydrus
Volans
Musca
Centaurus
Triangulum Australe
Circinus
Carinae
Tucana
αEri
(Achernar)
α
β
τOct
χOct
σOct
↓
↓
↓
↓
SMC
LMC
Polar Alignment in the Southern Hemisphere
The polar axis of the SXD2 mount is aligned to the South Celestial Pole in the southern hemisphere. The polar alignment scope
contains a reticle showing the relative positions of four stars near the S.C.P. These stars are Sigma, Tau and Chi of Octans.
Positions of the above stars are plotted on the the polar alignment reticle with the precessions are considered. To locate the S.C.P,
you simply match the scale position on the reticle with the designated 3 stars seen in the polar alignment scope. Also, the pattern
of the Sourthern Cross is engraved on the polar alignment reticle for use as a guidepost for the S.C.P.
Chapter 5APPLICATION
ScuthwardSouthward
Polar axis cap
Front polar axis cap
Remove
Polar axis cap
Front polar axis cap
Remove
Celestial south
Celestial south
Celestial south
S.C.P
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