Montura
Montura
Tipo ecuatorial
| All machined aluminum and stainless steel, black anodized. |
| All stainless steel hardware. |
| One 2.100" diameter needle thrust bearing. |
| One 2.000" diameter needle thrust bearing. |
| Two 1.500" diameter needle bearings. |
| 2.812" diameter, 7075 aluminum worm gear, 180 tooth. |
| Dual supported, ball bearing housed stainless steel worm-heat treated and ground. |
| Variable slip clutch, both axes. One knob design. |
| 1.250" diameter aluminum shafts. |
| Fully locking, unique tangent arm design altitude adjustment, 0-64 degrees, large knob for easy alignment. |
| Laser engraved latitude scale in 2 degree increments. |
| Single knob azimuth control, bi-directional +/- 8.5 degrees. |
| 3.500" diameter laser engraved setting circles 6 minute R.A. / 2 degrees DEC. R.A. circle engraved for Northern and Southern Hemisphere. |
| Porter slip ring design. |
| 160 oz/in stepper motor, 1.0 arc sec. step. |
| Dovetail saddle-plate allows for the interchanging of any tube assembly-reduces need for DEC. weights. |
| Removable stainless steel weight shaft w/safety knob. |
| 7 lb counterweight. |
| 11 lb and 21 lb. extra counterweights available. |
| Through the axis polar scope, works in Northern and Southern hemisphere. Polar scope optional. |
| Instrument weight capacity 30 lbs. |
| Equatorial head weight 21 lbs. |
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