GOTO VIXEN SPHINX PROFESSIONAL SXP2 Equatorial Mount GOTO VIXEN SPHINX PROFESSIONAL SXP2 with STARBOOK TEN

SXP2 equatorial mount

• R.A. slow motion: Worm and wheel gears with 180-tooth whole circle micro movement, 73.2mm in diameter, made of brass
• DEC. slow motion: Worm and wheel gears with 180-tooth whole circle micro movement, 73.2mm in diameter, made of brass
• Worm shaft gear: 9mm in diameter, made of brass
• R.A. axis: 40mm in diameter, made of carbon steel
• DEC. axis: 40mm in diameter, made of carbon steel
• Number of bearings: 16 pieces
• Counterweight bar: 20mm in diameter, stainless steel, retractable
• Polar axis scope: Built-in 6X20mm finder scope, 8 degrees field of view, with automatic turn off reticle illuminator, brightness adjustable in 8 steps, 3 arc minutes or less setting accuracy, Battery: CR2032 (supplied for checking purpose), 3 stars alignment (Polaris, delta UMI and 51 Cep in the northern hemisphere; Octantis 4 stars in the southern hemisphere) with precession correction until the year 2040.
• Azimuth adjustment: Coarse setting: 360 degrees, Fine adjustment with double screws, about 1.7 degrees per rotation, Fine adjustable range about +/- 5 degrees
• Altitude adjustment: Latitude adjustable between 0 degree and 70 degrees (devided in 3 zones for high, middle and low latitude and adjustable +/- 15 degrees per zone), altitude scale in 5 degrees increments, Fine adjustment with double screws about 0.7 degrees per rotation
• Motor drive: Pulse motors and belt drive system, with micro-step motion control (About 250 pps)
• Go-To slewing/tracking: Automatic slewingwith STAR BOOK TEN controller, 1000× of sidereal rate at maximum slewing speed, high precision tracking
• Loading capacity: About 1.3 to 17 kg (Torque load: 32.5 to 425 kg-cm at a point of 25cm from the place where the R.A and Dec axes cross.）
• Controller port: D-SUB 9 PIN Male connector
• Power port: DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Calss4 (Unified Standard), Center plus polarity
• Power source/Electricity consumption: DC12V, 0.45 to 2.2 amperes (at 10 kg loading weight), 0.6 to 2.5 amperes (at 17 kg loading weight)
• Size: 386mm x 419mm x 128mm (except protrusion)
• Weight: About 13.3 kg (without counterweight)

STAR BOOK TEN Controller

• CPU: 32 bit RISC 324MHz SH7764 processor
• Display: 5-inch TFT color LCD, WVGA(800x480=384,000 pixels), 65,536 colors, with adjustable backlighting
• Power port: DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Class 4(Unified Standard), Center plus polarity
• Autoguider port: 6-pole 6-wired modular jack
• LAN port: 10BASE-T
• Controller port: D-SUB 9PIN Male connector
• Expansion slot: For Advance Unit sold separately
• On-sreen R.A./DEC. display unit
  R.A.: 1 arc second, DEC: 0.1 minute
• Power supply: DC12V (supplied from the Mount side)
• Battery for backup memory: CR2032
• Electricity consumption: 12V 0.5A at maximum (stand-alone use)
• Working temperature: 0 degree to 40 degrees Centigrade
• Size: 169mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Weight: 380g (without battery and without cable)
• Celestial object database: 272,342 (SAO:258,997, NGC:7,840, IC:5,386, Messier:109*, 7 planets, qasi-planet, the Moon and the Sun) *In the database, M91 and M102 are listed as NGC4548 and NGC5866 respectively.
• Menus and major functions: Automatic Go-To slewing, Sidereal tracking and different tracking speeds for the Sun, the Moon, planets comets and artificial satellites, Moon map, Backlash compensation, V-PEC, P-PEC, Extrnal autoguider connection, Vight vision mode, Available in 6 languages (Japanese/English/French/German/Italy/Spanish), Screen brightness control, Hibernate mode, LAN connecting update and more (as of September 2018).