Celestron CGE1100 Manuale Utente

 

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5.  Tighten the screws to hold the column securely in place. 

 

 
After the tripod is set up, you are ready to attach the equatorial mount.  The equatorial mount is the platform to which the 
telescope attaches and allows you to move the telescope in right ascension and declination.  To attach the equatorial mount to 
the tripod: 
 

1.  Insert the base of the equatorial mount into the top of the electronics pier. 
 
2.  Rotate the equatorial mount on the electronics pier until the holes in the mount line up with those in the pier and the dec 

opening (where the counterweight shaft will go) is positioned directly over one of the tripod legs. 

 
3.  Insert the three remaining 3/8-16 cap screws and washers provided through the holes in the central pier and into the 

equatorial mount. 

 
4.  Tighten the screws to hold the equatorial mount in place. 

 

 
To properly balance the telescope, the mount comes with a 
counterweight bar and at least one counterweight (depending 
on model).  The counterweight bar is located in the same box 
as the Equatorial Mount Head —in a cutout along the bottom 
of the shipping box.  To install the counterweight bar: 
 

1.  Locate the opening in the equatorial mount on the DEC axis 

It is opposite the telescope mounting platform.  

 
2.  Thread the counterweight bar into the opening until tight. 

 
Once the bar is securely in place you are ready to attach the 
counterweight. 
 
Since the fully assembled telescope is quite heavy, position the mount so that the tripod leg with the counterweight bar 
over it is pointing towards north before the tube assembly and counterweights are attached.  This will make the polar 
alignment procedure much easier. 
 

  

Depending on which CGE telescope you have, you will receive 
either one or two counterweights.  To install the counterweight(s): 
 

1.  Orient the mount so that the counterweight bar points toward the 

ground . 

 
2.  Remove the counterweight safety thumbscrew and washer on the 

end of the counterweight bar (i.e., opposite the end that attaches to 
the mount). 
 

3.  Loosen the locking screw on the side of the counterweight. 
 
4.  Slide the counterweight onto the shaft. 

Locking Screw