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Tilt Assembly


Table 3.25: Tilt Assembly Specifications
Drawing: RCT001/9
Drawing: SCH-4030-1
Manual: MM18-20

There are Dec_NEG, DEC_POS,HA_NEG,HA_POS,DEC_VER etc. Don't know what this does. There are a variety of mercury switches too. Four normal limits and four Failsafe limits, the +/- of the axes are tied together to save wire. Two home near the zenith.

Figure 3.34: Photo showing how to rescue the telescope from a tilt limit strike.
Image RescueHA



Louis-Gregory Strolger 2012-01-09