2298448965 Meade Polaris DC Motor Drive for Polaris Equatorial Telescopes - 616000 ////44.95 USD InStock Telescope Accessories Coupon Code Eligible Meade Polaris Telescope Series Meade Telescope Accessories New Arrivals Telescope Accessories Top Accessories Top Accessories & More Top Sellers Top Selling Products Under $100 Add this small, easy-to-install DC motor drive to your Meade Polaris equatorial mount and your telescope will automatically track the stars as they move from east to west through the sky. Keep an extra battery in your telescope accessory case so you’ll always have telescope tracking, because once you add this Meade DC Motor Drive to your Polaris equatorial mount, you won’t want to be without it. The included 9V battery will provide approximately 40 hours of run time. Since the Sun, Moon, planets, and deep-space objects move through the sky at different speeds, this gives you the ability to match the motor’s speed to the particular type of object you are observing. A knob is located just under the power indicator, and can be turned in either direction to slow down or speed up the motor. It is also simple to change the speed of the motor. To change hemispheres (reverse the motor’s direction), simply flip the North/South (N/S) switch on the face of the motor drive. The drive can be used in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. The Meade Polaris RA motor drive runs on a 9V battery (included), so there are no cords to get in the way. When the telescope mount is properly polar aligned and the RA drive is attached and running, you will only be required to make occasional adjustments in declination (north/south movements) to keep an object in the eyepiece for long periods of time. Shipment within 5-7 business days after payment day.Add this small, easy-to-install DC motor drive to your Meade Polaris equatorial mount and your telescope will automatically track the stars as they move from east to west through the sky. In order to improve the quality of the product, the manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the design and equipment without notifying users. Bolts for mounting blocks with motors – 2 pcs.Set of cables for the motors connection.USB cable for connection of EQStar to PC.Joystick for a stand-alone mount control.Smooth acceleration and braking of the stepper motor.The center pin of the power connector is positive.Power supply: 12V, 3A, 5.5mm 2.1mm plug.It allow you to manage mount autonomously without a computer, smartphone or tablet. The controller EQStar is supplied with a universal joystick for a manual control. But for an amateur visual astronomy much more convenient to control the mount with a compact mobile device, smartphone or tablet, rather than using a PC or laptop. Such opportunities are mostly programs running under Windows. Variety of platforms, drivers and applications on which EQStar controller is able to work with gives an opportunity to create a particularly comfortable conditions, depending on the tasks.įor example, an astro photographer generally uses a laptop or PC to search, targeting and guiding the object during a long exposure. Сontroller EQStar communicate with PC via cable from the standard kit and with the mobile device via Wi-Fi. The following programs for mobile devices works with controller EQStar: SkySafari, Orion StarSeek, DSOPlaner and others. In the planetarium program at the mobile device Celestron or SynScan should be chosen as a control of the telescope, as well as a mount – German equatorial mount. Also, when working with a PC, you must install EQMOD ASCOM-application.ĮQStar also supports working with the INDI astronomical platform and ZWO ASIAIR Pro.Ĭontrolling the telescope with mobile devices allows you to automatically find sky objects. When you work with a PC, the controller EQStar can automatically find sky objects and track them automatically (guiding) during the astro photography with long exposure. Among the programs for astrophotography and guiding, controller EQStar supports MaximDL, Guidemaster, PHDGuiding and others. For example, with planetarium Stellarium, Cartes de Ciel, StarCalc and others. On a PC, controller EQStar works with any astronomical programs that support the ASCOM platform. It can be installed on the mount – EQ5 / CG-5 / MEADE LXD / Vixen FR, GP (-DX), GPD2, ORION SkyView and Bresser EQ4 / EQ5. This kit designed to automate the control of the equatorial mount, and can be used in stand-alone mode and in a control mode using a computer or mobile device (phone, tablet, etc.). EQStar EQ5 is a drive upgrade kit for mounts EQ5/CG-5/MEADE LXD/Vixen FR, GP (-DX), GPD2, ORION SkyView and Bresser EQ4 / EQ5.
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