QHY PoleMaster with adapter for HEQ5 / Sirius EQ-G Mounts

£278.00

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Model: qhyccd_polemaster_heq5
Brand: QHYCCD

Products included in the price:

	QHY PoleMaster (without adapter)
	QHY PoleMaster Adapter - for HEQ5 / Sirius EQ-G Mounts

QHYCCD

Product Info
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Downloads & Manuals
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INCLUDED IN THE BOX

QHY PoleMaster
Lens Cap
USB Cable
Mount Adapter

PoleMaster - a high precision, easy to use electric polar scope.

Includes adapter for HEQ5 / Sirius EQ-G Mounts

The QHY PoleMaster is a modern solution to an age-old problem. With only a few simple, easy-to-follow steps you can achieve perfect polar alignment in minutes, with an accuracy of up to 30 arc seconds!

"We think that QHYCCD have come up with an excellent product here which really takes the sting out of having to polar align. The accuracy of the device meant that polar aligning with the Polemaster was more a pleasure than a chore" Pete Lawrence writing for 'BBC Sky at Night' magazine Sep 2016.

How does it work?

Polar alignment sounds simple enough. You find where the pole is, determine the mechanical axis of rotation of your mount, then make the two coincide. PoleMaster makes use of a sensitive wide field imaging camera along the axis of RA to monitor the polar region in real time (not only can it detect Polaris, it also finds the dimmer surrounding stars). From the positions of these stars PoleMaster determines the position of the true pole and compares that to the mechanical axis of RA rotation. Polar alignment is now a simple matter of moving the two centres of rotation so they overlap. Easy!

FEATURES

Speed and convenience: No need to move the telescope to specific place to unblock the polar scope. No need to kneel or crick your neck to see through a polar scope. No need for fully dark adapted eyesight. No need to level your mount and no need to enter the date and time in your handset then figure out where to rotate the mount to coincide with the current pole star position.
Accuracy: PoleMaster's sensitive camera provides accuracy not achievable with naked eye. The camera's 30 arc second resolution means the best polar alignment that can be achieved by PoleMaster, in the order of 30 arc seconds.
Wide angle view of the polar region: A wide field view of 11x8 degree makes it easy to locate the pole star
Easy to install: PoleMaster can be easily installed onto any equatorial mount through mount-specific adapters, even on mounts without polar scope.
Real time polar alignment checking / adjustment: Using PoleMaster you can monitor your polar alignment in real time. In the event that polar alignment is lost, you can bring it back quickly and easily without starting from scratch.
Three star alignment is no longer needed: Once you are polar aligned, you only need to perform a one star alignment - a real time saver.
Perfect companion to single axis mounts: When used with single (RA-only) axis mount, good polar alignment will minimise drift in the DEC axis therefore maximising the performance of your mount.

Mechanical Dimensions

Product Specifications

Resolution	Approx 30 arc seconds
Install method	Three M3 screw to mount adapter
Interface	mini USB2.0
Software	QHYCCD PoleMaster Software
Rough precision	Approx 5 arc minutes
High Precision	Max 30 arc seconds
Weight	Approx 70g
Dimensions	See mechanical drawing
Power Consumption	Approx 0.35 watts / 70 mA
Available Adapters	Sky-Watcher EQ6/AZEQ6 HEQ5 iOpton CEM60 ZEQ25/CEM25 iEQ45 iEQ30 AZEQ5 Celestron AVX CGEM EM200/EM11

The following manuals and downloads are available for this product:

Unofficial Manual

Steve Richards has kindly put together a manual for the PoleMaster which you may find is much easier to understand and follow than QHY's own manual.

PoleMaster User Manual (English, UK / Northern Hemisphere) - by Steve Richards (PDF)

Manuals

QHY PoleMaster Manual (HTML)

QHY PoleMaster 3D Drawing (DWG)

Software

The latest QHY PoleMaster Driver and Software can be downloaded from the QHY CCD website.

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Wednesday, 25 April 2018 | Ian

Amazing.
The one thing I really hate is polar alignment on my HEQ5 as I have no permanent setup. I'm class 6 Bortle light polluted, and for me, it's all too time uncomfortable and time consuming.
Even I can look at a laptop screen and make manual mount adjustments to put a square and circle together on the screen. It really is that easy and extremely accurate.
The one problem first time out was the polemaster progeam kept freezing, but there is a document on the main page of the polemaster site advising a simple windows setting change to do with USB 2.0 and all is then perfect.