Sky-Watcher AZ EQ6 User Manual

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Use a 5mm Allen wrench to secure the saddle to the counterweight rod with the Allen

screw in the central hole of the saddle

(Fig. 2.5b)

. Also tighten the Allen screw on the silver

ring with the same wrench.

Tighten the Dec. clutch, and then install the secondary telescope on the secondary saddle.

The secondary telescope and its saddle should be situated to the left of the mount when

the telescope points forward.

Loosen the counterweight rod’s locking T-bolt to test the balance of the secondary tele-

scope. Adjust the positioning of the telescope in its tube rings or the dovetail bar’s position

in the groove of the saddle until the telescope is balanced. Tighten the T-bolt again.

Loosen the Dec. clutch to test and balance the telescope mounted on the primary saddle.

Then tighten the Dec. clutch again.

Loosen the counterweight rod’s locking T-bolt and rotate the secondary telescope vertically

until it points in the same direction as the main telescope. Lock the T-bolt again.

Aim the main telescope at a distant object, and then adjust the two T-bolts on the sec-

ondary saddle to point the secondary telescope to the same horizontal level of the distant

object.

Note:
• It is recommended to use the secondary saddle only when the EQ6 GT mount is config-

ured in Alt-azimuth mode.

• There is no mechanism on both the primary saddle and the secondary saddle for aligning

the two telescopes in azimuth direction. User has to find a proper way to eliminate the az-

imuth deviation.

• The 150mm counterweight rod’s extension cannot be used with the secondary saddle.

PART II: USING THE AZ-EQ6 GT MOUNT