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Old 04-09-2009, 11:13 PM
gary
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Argo Navis Equatorial Table support

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Originally Posted by garrillaga View Post
Hello

Last week I made the order of the Argo Navis for my Lightbridge 12'' Deluxe and I'm very excited after having seen the good
impressions generated by the product. Here in Spain do not know anyone who has.

I wonder if I can use Argo Navis with the equatorial platform builted, or tracking is good enough without it.

thanks
Hi G,

Thanks for recently ordering an Argo Navis.

Greetings to you there in Spain and we have quite a few customers there.

Argo Navis can operate with a telescope whilst it is on an equatorial platform.

The table needs to be equatorial aligned. Argo Navis does no control the
table but works independently of it.

Argo Navis has a menu called SETUP MOUNT and you will set this to
EQ TABLE EXACT. There is then a setup menu called SETUP EQ TABLE and
another called MODE EQ TABLE. These menus are documented in the Argo Navis
User's Manual on pp 54-56 and pp 101-102.

The User Manual can be downloaded from here -
http://www.wildcard-innovations.com....mentation.html

Argo Navis has a dedicated equatorial table timer. You align you Argo Navis
as normal and then when you start the table you start the equatorial table timer.
When the table reaches the end of its travel, at your leisure, stop and reset the timer.
When you start the table again, start the timer. There is no need to re-align.

Argo Navis even has an audible alarm you can set to warn you that the table
has reached the end of its travel.

Once again, thanks for the post.

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Managing Director
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.
20 Kilmory Place, Mount Kuring-Gai
NSW. 2080. Australia
Phone +61-2-9457-9049
Fax +61-2-9457-9593
sales@wildcard-innovations.com.au
http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au
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