INSTRUCTION MANUAL INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 WARNING ................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ASSEMBLY.................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 ASSEMBLING THE NEXSTAR....................................................................................................................................................... 6 Powering the NexStar............................................................................................................................................................ 6 The Hand Control.................................................................................................................................................................. 6 The Eyepiece.......................................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Star Pointer Finderscope ............................................................................................................................................... 7 HAND CONTROL..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 HAND CONTROL OPERATION.................................................................................................................................................... 11 Alignment Procedure........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Sky Align.............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Auto Two-Star Align............................................................................................................................................................ 13 Two Star Alignment ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 One-Star Align..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Solar System Align............................................................................................................................................................... 14 IMPROVING POINTING ACCURACY............................................................................................................................................ 16 Alignment Stars: .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Sync: .................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Undo Sync: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17 OBJECT CATALOG .................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Selecting an Object.............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Slewing to an Object............................................................................................................................................................ 18 Finding Planets ................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Tour Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Constellation Tour............................................................................................................................................................... 18 DIRECTION BUTTONS................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Rate Button .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 SETUP PROCEDURES ................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Tracking Mode .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Tracking Rate ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19 View Time-Site..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 User Defined Objects .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 CAMERA ­ ................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Connecting Camera............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Controlling Camera ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 Camera Wizard.................................................................................................................................................................... 21 GET RA/DEC - ......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 GOTO R.A/ DEC........................................................................................................................................................................ 22 IDENTIFY .................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 PRECISE GOTO ......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 SCOPE SETUP FEATURES........................................................................................................................................................... 22 Setup Time-Site ....................................................................................................................................................................................22 Anti-backlash .......................................................................................................................................................................................22 Slew Limits...........................................................................................................................................................................................23 Filter Limits .........................................................................................................................................................................................23 Direction Buttons.................................................................................................................................................................................23 Goto Approach ....................................................................................................................................................................................23 2 Cordwrap.............................................................................................................................................................................................23 UTILITY FEATURES................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Wedge Align........................................................................................................................................................................................24 GPS On/Off..........................................................................................................................................................................................24 Light Control .......................................................................................................................................................................................24 Factory Setting ....................................................................................................................................................................................24 Version.................................................................................................................................................................................................24 Get Axis Position ................................................................................................................................................................................24 Goto Axis Postion ................................................................................................................................................................................24 Hibernate .............................................................................................................................................................................................24 Sun Menu .............................................................................................................................................................................................24 Scrolling Menu ....................................................................................................................................................................................24 Calibrate Goto.....................................................................................................................................................................................24 Set Mount Position...............................................................................................................................................................................25 Hand Control Command Tree ............................................................................................................................................. 26 TELESCOPE BASICS .............................................................................................................................................................. 26 IMAGE ORIENTATION................................................................................................................................................................ 27 FOCUSING................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 CALCULATING MAGNIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................... 28 DETERMINING FIELD OF VIEW.................................................................................................................................................. 28 GENERAL OBSERVING HINTS.................................................................................................................................................... 29 THE CELESTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEM.............................................................................. ...