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Sky Tour

 

The Sky Tour object locator adds "brains" to your Tele Vue mount. With its exclusive Lorenzin 2000+ database and refinements such as dimmable red light display, backlit button names, 10-character speed-adjustable scrolling display, and advanced "identify" capability, Sky Tour brings the hand-held computer to a new feature/performance level -- a Tele Vue level of convenience and ease of use. When Sky Tour is added to Tele Vue mounts, the total system is simple enough to encourage beginners, yet deep enough for experts to maintain a lifetime of observing enthusiasm. For the amateur telescope maker, you can purchase the Sky Tour computer and encoders for integration into most any telescope mount. The Sky Tour computer can be initialized and custom calibrated for the following types of mounts: altitude-azimuth, German equatorial, fork mount, and equatorial table.


Model
SKC-3000
Display
Red L.E.D., 10 Character
Display Dimming
5 levels
Display Resolution
1 minute right ascension, 0.1 degree declination
Display Modes
STAR FIX - alignment mode using convenient star list
RA DEC - current right ascension and declination
CATALOG - complete database of celestial objects
GUIDE - shows direction and distance to object
ALIGN - uses full database to fine-tune alignment
IDENTIFY - identifies object by type
Database
Tom Lorenzin 2000+ catalog includes:
110 Messier objects, selected NGC objects, selected IC objects, selected Non-Standard objects, selected Stars, colored, double, multiple, 31 alignment stars, 8 Planets, The customizable FAVorites database can hold 99 objects
Coordinate Epoch
AD 2000
Telescope Mounting Types
Tele Vue Alt/Az, Dobsonian Alt/Az, Custom Alt/Az, & German Equatorial
Alt/Azimuth Setup
Requires 2 star alignment - no input for latitude, longitude, date or time required.
Encoder Resolution
2160 step, 0.167-degree/step (10-arcminute/step) encoders
Sampling Rate
0.5 ms
Maximum Slew Rate
160 degree per second
Sidereak Clock Accuracy
0.01%
Dimensions
2.8 x 4.6 x 1.1 inch
Weight
6 ounces including 9v battery
Power Requirements
5.1 to 14 Volts DC Reverse polarity protected
Battery Life
20 hours with display fully dimmed

Specifications are subject to change
 
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