AstronSCIENTIFIC Rotarion Photo, Instruction Manual

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Page 2: ...out touching any image equipment mounted on your ROTARION PHOTO The ROTARION PHOTO includes an electromechanical shutter with fully automatic forward and backward movement The shutter opens and closes...

Page 3: ...a device of the highest quality designed and manufactured in BARCELONA with the latest state of the art techniques and the best materials and components from the USA Japan and Germany First read this...

Page 4: ...s of white cables for the ROTARION red black quick connector o Black ring T2 M42x0 75 Extender of 5mm length for mounting imaging equipment Black plastic tubes for pass through white cables 3 addition...

Page 5: ...umn supporting the weight of the telescope the weight of the 3 or 4 eyepieces to be used the weight of your imaging equipment and an additional 2 5 kg B 3 or 4 1 25 eyepieces with maximum outer diamet...

Page 6: ...ARION 7 Assembly of The ROTARION PHOTO In The ROTARION 8 Collimation of ROTARION PHOTO B Using ROTARION And ROTARION PHOTO 1 CAUTION MOVING PARTS 2 Checking the Operation of The ROTARION PHOTO 3 Using...

Page 7: ...e one of the four optics mounted on your ROTARION with the ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory and you can switch from planetary eyepiece projection to prime focus imaging for deep sky objects You only need...

Page 8: ...ndicated in the Instruction Manual of the ROTARION EyepieceWheel and ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software in addition to the safety warnings in this manual 3 Eyepiece Projection Imaging Primary Focus Imag...

Page 9: ...rnet there is free software for processing and stacking planetary images such as RegiStax among others in addition to commercial software This stacking imaging technique is also useful in long distanc...

Page 10: ...d the increase in the field of view Reducing the F number of the telescope reduces the exposure times of the camera and the overall time of the imaging session You can replace an eyepiece mounted on t...

Page 11: ...sheet you had 6 eyepieces 1 25 with different magnification mm for the initial assembly of the ROTARION you selected 4 eyepieces with the scale of the increases and magnification between them were the...

Page 12: ...ling the heights between the optics by adding or removing Extenders to the Baader Click Locks to increase or decrease the heights and also adjusting the heights of the Baader Click Locks with the heli...

Page 13: ...PHOTO in the ROTARION If you wish to install the ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory on the ROTARION to perform a prime focus imaging of deep sky objects too such as galaxies nebulae and others read the fo...

Page 14: ...w A to remove all the elements of group B that form the eyepiece assembly of the smaller number of mm eyepiece and greater magnification or power Baader Click Lock and the Extenders if any of the POS...

Page 15: ...mble the previous group B corresponding to the smallest number of mm eyepiece and greatest magnification Baader Click Lock and the Extenders if any in the POS 3 of the ROTARION where Before the group...

Page 16: ...n in the following drawing is ROTARION with the eyepiece named large field of view and greater number of mm and smaller power in position POS 1 that you have never removed In position POS 3 the smalle...

Page 17: ...available eyepieces As you can see in the sheet the eyepiece that has the best intermediate scale between 40mm and 8mm is the 17mm eyepiece When selecting proportional scaling you ensure that when you...

Page 18: ...resolutive eyepiece according to the previous example In this example the selected group C with the 17mm resolutive eyepiece mounted in the Click Lock Baader is located in position POS 2 and is alrea...

Page 19: ...and the fine tuning of the helical top ring of the Click Locks Baader NOTE Replacement of small number of mm or high magnification eyepieces by Barlow optics extending the focal length of the telesco...

Page 20: ...r ROTARION is ready for installation in the POS 4 position of the ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS accessory 1 Loosen the center ring A of the ROTARION PRIMEFOCUS kit and turn the upper body B to increase the heig...

Page 21: ...N the stainless steel handle of the ROTARION 1 Unscrew the 2 screws A located on the bottom of the ROTARION with the Allen wrench included in the ROTARION PHOTO box and remove the handle B carefully T...

Page 22: ...I T2 ring M42x0 75 for mounting imaging equipment VIII Shutter with automatic forward and backward 5mm motion III Clamping nuts IV Threaded Stainless steel arms for height adjustment V DIN stainless...

Page 23: ...he 3 arms IV to obtain the maximum possible length of the stainless steel arms IV 4 Insert through the white connecting cable pairs VII of the 3 arms of the ROTARION PHOTO into the 3 black plastic tub...

Page 24: ...s shown in the following drawing ATTENTION note that the shorter length arms C are the ones that are leaning down on your assembly table and the longer arm is above D Also loosen the locking nuts on t...

Page 25: ...the handle was previously located and through the central hole of the ROTARION carousel and do not see the arms through the back of the ROTARION A but the shutter VIII touches the eyepieces C you must...

Page 26: ...xtract remove the black cable tubes A 9 You thread A the 3 pairs of 2 white wires by the 3 manual stainless steel nuts V respectively and thread them B to the 3 stainless steel arms IV 10 Then you wil...

Page 27: ...tainless steel arm in the red connector A as shown in the lower drawing Then you will perform the same operation grouping by twisting and inserting a remaining white wire from each stainless steel arm...

Page 28: ...rm a single cable that you connect in the second connector B With this last action of the above item 12 the assembly of the ROTARION and ROTARION PHOTO is finished and ready for the next Section 8 Col...

Page 29: ...the automatic shutter using manual collimation nuts and b collimation alignment of the optical axis Both actions are interrelated and to perform both actions you will use the same methods and adjustm...

Page 30: ...he aluminum collimation nut VI 1 turn to gain reduce arm height A and ROTARION PHOTO B inclination 4 Screw back tightly the stainless steel DIN nut IV so that the arm IV is well supported in the ROTAR...

Page 31: ...N PHOTO tighten the 3 tightening nuts III by stop with the 3 red radiators II of the ROTARION PHOTO to fix the system NOTE The height adjustment system is designed so that you can do it without tools...

Page 32: ...an automatic movement of recoil to allow the change of eyepieces without interference Only when the ROTARION carousel has rotated and reached the optical axis of the next eyepiece the shutter advances...

Page 33: ...ther nearby objects B that may interfere with the movement of the ROTARION EyepieceWheel carousel before you order a turn or eyepiece or lens change in the ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software If any obje...

Page 34: ...REMOTE CONTROL software at all times WARNING Do not point your ROTARION and telescope to the sun Viewing the sun through a telescope without proper solar filters will cause severe and permanent eye d...

Page 35: ...ROTARION REMOTE CONTROL software command to the ROTARION several eyepiece changes and observe the advance and recoil automatic movement of the ROTARION PHOTO s shutter 3 The shutter should close the...

Page 36: ...mation and Shutter Height Adjustment and increase the shutter clearance by the manual collimation arms and nuts Check ROTARION electrical connection cables Check the connection of white ROTATION PHOTO...

Page 37: ...equipment with T2 ring with thread M42x0 75 If you cannot screw the camera or the imaging equipment because there are dimensional interferences with your camera when you thread in the black T2 ring of...

Page 38: ...less magnified eyepieces have the largest field of view and therefore it is easier to locate objects with your telescope than with an eyepiece of greater magnification and less visual field If you ha...

Page 39: ...lescope again The observed image should be larger and have less visual field Center the image again in the eyepiece B POS 2 Centered NOT OK POS 2 Centered OK B Subsequently you can increase the magnif...

Page 40: ...ate the object by pressing POS 1 that changes to the eyepiece with the largest number in mm the lowest power or magnification and greater field of view C A B C D Once the object has been relocated rem...

Page 41: ...ith the IEC 61010 1 Norm for Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use in compliance with the Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Germany GmbH corpo...

Page 42: ...e Power Supply Input 100 240Vac 50 60Hz 0 55A Output 12Vdc 2A Limited Power Source Disconnect the Power Supply unit from the ROTARION The Power Supply unit must be freely accessible and must not be co...

Page 43: ...about separate disposal at your regional offices The directive 2012 19 EU on waste electrical and electronical equipment WEEE is applicable in the European Union member states Serial Number or PN ___...

Page 44: ...od we will remedy any defect in the operation of the product due to its manufacture whether repairing replacing parts or providing a new product provided that the option chosen is feasible and not eco...

Page 45: ...ons will not be covered by this guarantee This warranty does not cover any product that has been altered or repaired by any person other than AstronSCIENTIFIC S L repair personnel or any product whose...