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PoleMaster
TM
Electronics Polar Scope
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Price:
$
299.00
Availability:
Discontinued
Product Code:
3338
PoleMaster:
3338-034 iEQ30/iEQ45
Discontinued
Description
Technical Specs
Support Documents
PoleMaster
TM
- a high precision, easy to use electric polar scope.
Achieving a high precision polar alignment is not an easy feat. You may spend tens of minutes, if not hours, to have a good polar alignment. After you get everything ready and begin taking exposure, you bumped the mount, and you have to restart from the beginning. An iOptron’s Center-balanced Equatorial Mount (CEM), such as CEM25 and CEM60, which equipped with an all time accessible polar scope, will allow you to make a quick and precise polar alignment in a few minutes. However, you still need to bend yourself, or knee down on the ground to perform the polar alignment
The most straight forward way for polar alignment is just to find the true north point and match its position with the rotation center of your R.A. axis. The PoleMaster
TM
electronic polar scope employs this idea. This device can be installed on front of the R.A. axis. It use a highly sensitivity camera to capture the image of northern sky. The sensitivity is much higher than the naked eye, so it can see not only the Polaris but also those faint stars nearby. Based on the locations of these stars, it can calculate the position of the true position of North Pole. With some sophisticated methods the PoleMaster can also detect the rotation center of the R.A. axis. It will mark the two points on the computer screen, one is the R.A. rotation center, the other is the virtual polar point. Adjust the mount and let them overlap then the pole is well aligned.
PoleMaster
TM
electronic polar scope provides a quick and easy solution. It gives you a direct and simple way to align with the pole. Within two minutes you could obtain a very high polar alignment precision up to 30 arcsec.
Please select the correct mount from pull-down manual when ordering
Field of View (FOV)
11 degree X 8 degree
Resolution
30 arcsec approx.
Alignment Precision (Coarse)
5 arcmin approx.
Alignment Precision (Max.)
30 arcsec
Interface
Mini USB2.0
Power Consumption
~ 0.35 Watt (~70mA)
Software
PoleMaster Software
Operation System
Windows XP/ Vista/ 7 /8 /8.1 /10
Warranty
One year limited
Manual:
Installation and Operation Manual
Software and Driver:
PoleMaster
TM
camera Driver
PoleMaster
TM
Polar Alignment Software V130
(Updated 4/11/2016)
Features
Fast, easy and comfortable
High precision, up to 30 arcsec
Easy to find the Polaris with a large FOV
Compatible to variety of equatorial mount with a proper adapter
Pole Monitor/align at any time
Now work in Southern Hemisphere
Now correct atmospheric refraction at low latitude
Accessories
PoleMaster
TM
iOptron Adapter
Price:
$30.00
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