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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..................................................................................................................................... 30

MOTION OF THE STARS............................................................................................................................................................. 31

POLAR ALIGNMENT ..................................................................................................................................................................32

Photography with the NexStar 4..........................................................................................................................................33

Finding the North Celestial Pole.........................................................................................................................................34

CELESTIAL OBSERVING......................................................................................................................................................35

OBSERVING THE MOON ............................................................................................................................................................35

OBSERVING THE PLANETS ........................................................................................................................................................ 35

OBSERVING THE SUN................................................................................................................................................................35

OBSERVING DEEP SKY OBJECTS...............................................................................................................................................36

SEEING CONDITIONS.................................................................................................................................................................36

Transparency.......................................................................................................................................................................36

Sky Illumination................................................................................................................................................................... 36

Seeing..................................................................................................................................................................................36

TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE..............................................................................................................................................37

CARE AND CLEANING OF THE OPTICS....................................................................................................................................... 37

APPENDIX A - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...............................................................................................................40

APPENDIX B - GLOSSARY OF TERMS...............................................................................................................................41

APPENDIX C – RS 232 CONNECTION.................................................................................................................................43

APPENDIX D – MAPS OF TIME ZONES .............................................................................................................................44

SKY MAPS.................................................................................................................................................................................46

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