Perpendicular to home position
Home or 90° position
Dec Balance Hard Stop bolt
36 When the display readout is close to "1" (perhaps .99 or 1.01) and remains close to 1 while it is moving, it is balanced. Press MODE. This stops the Balance procedure.
Next move the telescope so that it is 90° perpendicular to the Home Position. Select Balance RA once again and press ENTER.
Repeat the same procedure in the perpendicular posi- tion. Once again, move the weights to get the balance readouts to get close to 1.
37 DANGER!!!B LANCE THEYOU WILLDEC AXISNEED 4 PEOPLE TO PERFORM THIS PROCEDURE. 
Next move the telescope so that it is 90° perpendicular to the Home Position (see Fig. 36).
38 Select "Balance Dec" and press ENTER. The Dec axis A will move back and forth, like the RA axis did. Check and see how close the Dec axis is from balance.
Press MODE. Move the telescope to the home position. Position 4 people to hold onto the tube securely and loosen the Dec lock knobs. See Fig. 37.
Move the OTA forward or backward within the female dovetail track and tighten the lock knobs. Move the tele- scope back to the position that is 90° perpendicular to
38the Home Position, as shown in Fig. 36. Select "Balance B Dec" and press ENTER. Check and see how close the
Dec axis is from "1" in the Dec Balance menu.
Move the OTA back to the Home position. Move the OTA forward or backward again. Continue this procedure, moving back and forth between both the home (Fig. 38A) and the perpendicular position (Fig. 36), and adjust the OTA until the telescope is balanced in this axis. Make sure you tighten the lock knobs after each
38 adjustment of the OTA.
C When the axis is finally balanced, press ENTER. Tighten the lock knobs and turn the Dec Balance hard stop bolt so that it butts up against the OTA
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