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CHAPTER 7 - PROCEDURES
This chapter is basically a list of procedures for operating the Ultima 2000. The procedures are grouped into three
sections, Drive System, Alignment, and Pointing. Each of these sections give examples of procedures applicable to the
section.
Drive System
Turning the Tracking On and Off
There are two basic ways a telescope can track the sky, Equatorial tracking and Altazimuth tracking. The Ultima 2000
can track both ways. If you are setting up the telescope to track in Alt-Az, it is easier to have tracking turned OFF during
the star alignment process. After you have aligned the telescope, then you would turn the tracking back on. For an
equatorially mounted telescope, it is easier to align the telescope to the sky with the tracking turned ON.
BUTTON or ACTION
NOTES DISPLAY
Turn ON telescope
Turn ON hand control
If already ON, go to the ALIGN menu.
MENU
A
LIGN
Press UP twice Scroll to the SETUP menu MENU
S
ETUP
Press ENTER Enter into the SETUP menu.
S
PEED
CENTER
Press DOWN Scroll down to the TRACK menu
T
RACK
OFF
Press ENTER Enter into the TRACK menu TRACK
O
FF
Press DOWN Change TRACK setting Altazimuth TRACK
A
LT AZM
Press DOWN twice Change TRACK setting to Equatorial
North.
TRACK
E
Q NORTH
Press DOWN once Turn TRACK to OFF TRACK
O
FF
Press MENU Return to main menu MENU
S
ETUP
For aligning the telescope to the sky in Alt-Az mode, you will want to turn TRACK to OFF. Then when you are aligned,
you will need to turn TRACK to ALT AZM.