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I 11
Set up your telescope in a relatively unobstructed
area that shows most of the sky. If you have
obstructions like buildings or trees, StarSense will
skip them during the auto alignment procedure.
Note: If your sky is heavily obstructed, please see
“StarSense Manual Align”.
Connect the StarSense Hand Control and camera
to your telescope as described in Assembly.
Remove the camera’s dust cap.
1. Set your telescope up with an eyepiece and
position the telescope in its home position or index
marks. Equatorial mounts should be roughly
polar aligned, but precise polar alignment is not
required. Alt-Az mounts should have the altitude
aligned to its index marks with the tube level to
the ground.
2. Turn your telescope on. The StarSense Hand
Control and Camera will boot up. In about 30
seconds, the Hand Control will display
“StarSense Ready.”
3. Press ALIGN, then select STARSENSE AUTO
and press ENTER.
4. Press BACK to accept the time, date and location
information. Press ENTER to edit the information.
5. Press ENTER to select Location by City. Choose
your country and city by scrolling through the
menus provided. Alternatively, you can enter your
longitude and latitude by pressing the OPTION
button on the lower left of your hand control’s
keypad. Press ENTER to move the
underline cursor over to the
next value.
Once the location is entered, StarSense will check
your telescope for information it may already have,
such as GPS or site information saved from a Real
Time Clock (RTC). If none of this information is
available, StarSense will prompt you for time and
date (this is primarily needed for locating Solar
System Objects and establishing the horizons on
EQ mounts). You only need to enter this information
once for a given observing location.
6. When prompted with the Select Time Source
screen, select the time source available for your
telescope. StarSense will choose the best source
found. A checkmark indicates which time source
is selected. Press ENTER to continue.
7. Enter or confirm your local time and date. Press ENTER
to move the cursor through the time and date fields.
Time is in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format. For example,
9:30 PM would be 21:30:00
Date is in MM/DD/YYYY format. For example June
14th, 2012 would be entered as 06/14/2012
Press ENTER to move the underline cursor over to
the next value. To enter the time zone and to toggle
DST (Daylight Savings) YES/NO, scroll UP/
DOWN (also 6 and 9 keys) to make the selection,
then press ENTER.
8. Confirm your telescope is positioned in its home
position or index marks. Press ENTER when you
see the “Set Align Start” screen.
StarSense will begin the alignment procedure. The
telescope will begin moving to different areas of
the sky automatically. The hand control will display
“Acquiring Position,” followed by “Acquiring Image,”
followed by “Sensing”. Once sensing is
complete, the number of stars found will be displayed.
If no stars are found, a message “Too Few Stars” will
display and StarSense will move the telescope to
another region of sky.
Once StarSense has begun its alignment process,
it is important not to touch or move the telescope
in any way. Also, while imaging the sky, do not
obstruct, cover or shine light into the camera lens.
After a successful automatic alignment, StarSense
will display “Alignment Complete.”
9. Press ENTER to continue.
QUICK START: ALIGNING STARSENSE
OPTION Button
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