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I 13
STARSENSE MANUAL ALIGN
StarSense Manual alignment allows you to point the
telescope in the part of the sky you wish to use for
taking alignment images. This is particularly useful
in locations where the horizon is obstructed or you
have limited visibility. Manual StarSense Alignment
is not as accurate as automatic alignment. However,
it provides good pointing accuracy throughout the
region of the sky that was used for the alignment.
To use StarSense Manual alignment:
1. With the telescope powered on, press the
ALIGN button.
2. Use the UP/DOWN scroll keys to select
StarSense Manual option and press ENTER.
3. Move the telescope to its home position or
switch position. Alt-Az mounts should have the
telescope pointing at the horizon. Equatorial
mounts should be positioned to the index marks.
Telescopes with switch postions will automatically
move to the home switch positions.
4. Use the direction buttons to aim the telescope
at a clear part of sky and press ENTER. When
moving the telescope, remember to always finish
slewing using the UP and RIGHT direction
buttons on the hand control. A small checkmark
will display at the right of the hand control display
when this is done. (This corrects any errors due
to mechanical backlash in your mount.)
StarSense will then begin taking the first image and
will display “Acquiring Image” on the hand control display.
5. Once the image is captured and processed, the
display will ask you to select the next alignment
point. Use the direction buttons to slew the
telescope to another clear portion of sky. Once
again, use the UP and RIGHT direction buttons
to finish slewing the telescope. Press ENTER.
6. Once the second image is captured and
processed, use the direction buttons to slew
the telescope to a final clear portion of sky as
far away as possible from the first alignment
position. Press ENTER.
Once the third image is processed, StarSense is
aligned and ready for use.
STARSENSE USER AUTO ALIGN
User Auto Align allows you to customize where
StarSense points the telescope during alignment.
This is useful if there are large portions of the sky
that are obstructed or inaccessible. To setup the
User Auto Align, you must first perform a StarSense
Manual Align.
1. Perform a StarSense Manual Align as outlined in
this manual. Select unobstructed areas of the sky
that are at least 20 degrees apart.
2. Press MENU and use the UP/DOWN scroll
keys to select STARSENSE. Scroll again to
select USER AUTO ALIGN and press ENTER.
3. Press ENTER to save your StarSense Manual
Align. This saves the areas of sky you selected
so all subsequent StarSense User Auto Aligns
will point to the same area.
Now you can use StarSense User Auto Align, and
the telescope will automatically slew to the areas of
sky you selected during the Manual Align.
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