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Manual
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SmartStar -G Series
Refractor, Newtonian and
Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes
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www.iOptron.com WARNING! NEVER USE A SMARTSTAR TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. 2
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www.iOptron.com CONTENTS Chapter. 0 Quick Start Reference TIP: 0.1 Assembly TM 0.2 GoToNova Features For beginner users 0.3 Getting Started without a lot of Chapter. 1 Set Up And Align knowledge in astronomy 1.1 Basic Symbols please refer to the Quick 1.2 Set Up 1.3 Align Start Reference. It contains enough Chapter. 2 Select And Slew 2.1 Planets, sun, moon information to get you 2.2 Deep Sky Objects started so you can enjoy 2.3 Comets 2.4 Asteroids
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www.iOptron.com For beginner users without a lot of knowledge in astronomy please refer to the Quick Start Menu. It contains enough information to get you started so you can enjoy the night sky without knowing all the jargon and math. For more serious users we assume that you know TIP: some astronomy basics in reading this manual. Learn some astronomy Please refer to Appendix A for a more detailed basics menu structure.
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www.iOptron.com Chapter 0 Quick Start Reference 0.1 Assembly NOTE: Make sure that your telescope is not too heavy for your mount 1. Telescope tube 2. Dovetail lock 3. Hand held controller 4. Altitude lock FIG. 1 1. Unpack the package, take out all the parts. 2. Set up the tripod(6). 3. Put the mount(5) on the top of tripod(6), hold the mount with one hand, put the supporting rod(7) through the hole on the top of tripod with the other hand, screw
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www.iOptron.com TIP: Alt-Az mode is easier to set up, and easier to operate. Adjust the tripod and the mount, check the bubble on the mount, make sure it is horizontal. 5. Mount 6. Tripod 7. Inner support 8. Tray 9. Tray lock NOTE: A-series can also work in equatorial mode FIG.2 TIP: 5. Fit the tray (8) to the lower end of the rod (7), also fit If you are not using the the three indents to the three legs of tripod, tighten AC adaptor, you need the tra
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www.iOptron.com TM 0.2 GoToNova Features: (8402) LCD Display Menu Back Up Left Right Enter Down Help Speed Light FIG.3 7
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www.iOptron.com TM The 8402 GoToNova hand held controller controls TM SmartStar G series telescopes. Its user interface is simple and easy-to-learn, it can automatically move to any of the 50,000 objects stored in the database with the push of a button. LCD Display: 8-line big screen, it displays all the information Back Key: Moves back to the previous screen. Menu Key: Gets to the Main Menu. Enter Key: Confirms an input, goes to the next menu, selects a choice, slews the teles
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www.iOptron.com 0.3 Getting Started For most beginner users who may not need a lot of astronomical detail this chapter gives just enough information to set up the controller. After the easy-to-follow setup you will be ready to point your telescope to wherever you want in the night sky. After assembling the telescope [Refer to our Assembling Chart], you need to level the mount. This is done by centering the bubble in the circle on the mount. Turn on the power button located on t
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www.iOptron.com direct you to any location in the night sky (provided that the object is in the database and above the horizon). Simply choose any object in the menu and press ENTER. Although not required, we strongly suggest that you double check your initial alignment with additional bright objects in the night sky, For example, in the menu, select “Venus” (if it is indeed in the TIP: sky) and press ENTER. When the motor stops check to see if Spend some time Venus is in the cen
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www.iOptron.com Chapter.1 Set Up And Alignment 1.0 Basic Symbols R Right ascension D Declination A Altitude Z Azimuth Cele Sidereal speed Sola Solar speed Moon Lunar speed Land Land mode Appendix: nnX Slewing speed Check Appendix D for a brief introduction of 1.1 Set Up celestial coordinate systems By default, the mount works in Alt-az mode. Turn on the power button located on the
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www.iOptron.com Alphard A 39 °43.3 ′ Z 221 °20.0 ′ Center the target then press “ENTER ” 2X Use “UP” and “DOWN” arrow buttons to select a star and press ENTER. Use SPEED button to select a speed, and use arrow buttons to center the star in your telescope. Press ENTER when finished. 1.2.2 Two-Star Align If your mount is not horizontal one-star align is usually not accurate enough. You will need to do two-star align. Select “Two-star align” from th
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www.iOptron.com Chapter. 2 Select And Slew After you have finished the set up and align steps in chapter 1 go to the main menu. Select “Select and slew.” Now you can TM select any celestial objects in the database and GoToNova will take you there—whether it is a star, a planet, an asteroid, a comet or a galaxy. Check astronomy books and magazines such as “Sky and Telescope.” Familiarize yourself with the names in the night sky. Use the arrow buttons to move your cursor a
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www.iOptron.com 2.7 User Objects User defined objects, user can define up to 128 objects 2.8 Enter R.A. DEC. In Equatorial mode the user can target a location by TIP: specifying its RA (Right Ascension) and DEC (Declination). By specifying R.A. and Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor and adjust the DEC numbers (or A and values. Press ENTER. Z ) , you can point your telescope to anywhere In Altazimuth mode the user can target a location by on the celestial sphere. s
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www.iOptron.com Chapter. 3 Other Functions 3.1 Sync To Target Matches the telescope's current equatorial coordinates to Target Right Ascension and Declination. 3.2 Electric Focuser If you have an electric focuser in your system, use this option to adjust the focuser. 3.3 PEC option If you telescope is equipped with Periodic Error Correction, Appendix: use this option to adjust Periodic Error Correction. Check Appendix A for complete menu 3.4 Set up tracking
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www.iOptron.com Chapter. 4 How to Observe 4.1 Land Objects If you want to observe land objects, such as a mountain top or a bird, you should use “Land” mode. Simply point the telescope to your target and look through the eye piece. For TIP: certain models, such as Newtonian, the image you see in the The earth’s axis of eye piece is up-side down. rotation is tipped over If you don’t want to turn on power and use hand controller, about 23.5° from the then you need to loosen
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www.iOptron.com 4.3 The Moon The Moon, when visible in the night sky, is most likely the first celestial object you want to watch with your new telescope. It is also the most convenient object in the sky to test some of TM the GoToNova functions. You can even use the Moon to align your telescope. There are a lot to explore on the surface of the Moon, such as craters, mountain ranges and fault lines, etc. During full Moon, however, no shadows are seen on the Moon surface and it
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www.iOptron.com APPENDIX A MENU STRUCTURE MENU Select and slew Planets,sun,moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Sum Moon Deep sky objects Named deepsky objects Messier Catalog Comets Asteroids Stars Name stars Constellations Double stars SAO bright stars User objects Enter position Watch list Land Objects Goto Land mark Record now land mark Add a new Land Mark Edit one data Sync . to target Set up controller Set up time and site Set display info Set key Beep Reset All Align
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www.iOptron.com APPENDIX B Messier Catalog • Andromeda o M31 The Andromeda Galaxy spiral galaxy (type Sb) o M32 Satellite galaxy of M31 elliptical galaxy (type E2) o M110 Satellite galaxy of M31 elliptical galaxy (type E6pec) • Aquarius o M2 globular cluster o M72 globular cluster o M73 system or asterism of 4 stars • Auriga o M36 open cluster o M37 open cluster o M38 open cluster • Cancer o M44 Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster open cluster o M67 open cluster • Can
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www.iOptron.com o M68 globular cluster o M83 spiral galaxy • Leo o M65 spiral galaxy o M66 spiral galaxy o M95 spiral galaxy o M96 spiral galaxy o M105 elliptical galaxy • Lepus o M79 globular cluster • Lyra o M56 globular cluster o M57 The Ring Nebula planetary nebula • Monoceros o M50 open cluster • Ophiuchus o M9 globular cluster o M10 globular cluster o M12 globular cluster o M14 globular cluster o M19 globular cluster o M62 globular cluster o
