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Omegon® EQ-320 RA tracking motor
Thank you for choosing our “EQ-320” tracking motor for the right ascension axis.
Equatorial mounts are tracked in the right ascension axis (hour axis); this motor set can therefore
help you to comfortably observe the sky and gain your first experiences with astrophotography.
The tracking motor is connected to the worm shaft by means of a flexible shaft coupling instead of
the flexible shaft for the manual fine motion drive.
This is quickly done and the mount is ready for use in a minimum amount of time.
1. The parts of the motor set upgrade
Here you can see the different parts of the motor assembly.
Figure 1
2. Installing the motor set on the EQ-320 mount
Figure 2
1 Mounting screws, 2 Union nut,
3 Flexible shaft, 4 Position of the roll pin
1. Hand controller with connecting
cable;
2. Motor with mounting bracket and
flexible shaft coupling (pre-assembled);
3. Battery pack for 8 x AA 1.5V batteries
(batteries not included);
4. Connecting cable for connection of
the hand controller;
5. Connecting cable for connection to
the motor;
6. Allen key and hand controller bracket
for simple attachment to the tripod leg
(not illustrated).
1. First disconnect the flexible shaft (3, Fig. 2) from the shaft of the RA
worm gear drive by loosening the union nut (2, Fig. 2) and pulling off the
flexible shaft.
2. Pull out the small roll pin (4, Fig. 2) fitted through the worm shaft with
a small pair of pliers and remove the union nut as well.
3. Remove the two mounting screws (1, Fig. 2) from the housing of the
mount. Align the tracking motor with its mounting bracket with the
threaded holes of the mounting screws and at the same time push the
shaft coupling onto the shaft of the RA drive screw.
