USE A PROPER SOLAR FILTER MOUNTED ON THE FRONT OF TELESCOPE FOR VIEWING THE SUN. WHEN OBSERVING THE SUN. PLACE A DUST CAP OVER YOUR FINDERSCOPE OR REMOVE IT TO PROTECT YOU FROM ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE. NEVER USE AN EYEPIECE-TYPE SOLAR FILTER AND NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE TO PROJECT SUNLIGHT ONTO ANOTHER SURFACE, THE INTERNAL HEAT BUILD-UP WILL DAMAGE THE TELESCOPE OPTICAL ELEMENTS. ntroduction to the SynScanTM The is a instrument that will allow you to easily find and enjoy viewing night sky treasure

• To see information and data about the displayed object, press the INFO key. • To slew to the object displayed, press ENTER. • To see the next tour object, press the Down key. C CCo oon nns sst tte eel lll lla aat tti iio oon nn T TTo oou uur rr In addition to the Tour Mode, the NexStar telescope has a Constellation Tour that allows the user to take a tour of all the best objects within a particular constellation. Selecting Constellation from the LIST menu will display all the constellation nam

2. Press ENTER to accept the time/site information displayed on the display, or press UNDO to enter new information. 3. The SELECT STAR 1 message will appear in the top row of the display. Use the Up and Down scroll keys (10) to select the star you wish to use for the first alignment star. Press ENTER. 4. NexStar then asks you to center in the eyepiece the alignment star you selected. Use the direction arrow buttons to slew the telescope to the alignment star and carefully center the star in the

Then the user can simply point the telescope to any three bright celestial objects to accurately align the telescope with the sky. Auto Two-Star Align will ask the user to choose and center the first alignment star, then the NexStar will automatically select and slew to a second star for alignment. Two-Star Alignment requires the user to identify and manually slew the telescope to the two alignment stars. One-Star Align is the same as Two-Star Align however only requires you to align to one know

Tube Clamp Tightening Knob Dovetail Mounting Bar Figure 2-5 8 If you wish to change the orientation of the star diagonal, loosen the thumbscrew on the eyepiece adapter until the star diagonal rotates freely. Rotate the diagonal to the desired position and tighten the thumbscrew. T TTh hhe ee E EEy yye eep ppi iie eec cce ee The eyepiece, is the optical element that magnifies the image focused by the telescope. The eyepiece fits either directly into the focuser (114mm and 130mm models) or into th

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