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Manual
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GoToNova 8401 Hand-Held Controller
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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 TM 0.1 GoToNova Features 0.2 Getting Started TIP: Chapter. 1 Set Up And Align 1.1 Basic Symbols For beginner users 1.2 Set Up without a lot of 1.3 Align knowledge in astronomy Chapter. 2 Select And Slew please refer to the Quick 2.1 Planets, sun, moon 2.2 Deep Sky Objects Start Reference. It 2.3 Comets contains enough 2.4 Asteroids information to get you 2.5 Stars 2.6 User Objects started so you ca
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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 some astronomy basics in reading this manual. Please refer to Appendix A for a more detailed menu structure.
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www.iOptron.com Chapter 0 Quick Start Reference TM 0.1 GoToNova Features: (8401) LCD Display Menu Back Up Left Right Down Enter Numbers Light Help Stop/0 5
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www.iOptron.com TM The 8401 GoToNova hand held controller operates the TM SmartStar A series telescopes. The user interface is simple and easy to learn. It can automatically reposition your telescope to any of the 130,000 objects stored in the database with the push of a button. LCD Display: 8-line big screen, it displays all the information Back Key: Move back to the previous screen. Menu Key: Return to the Main Menu. Enter Key: Confirms an input, goes to the next menu, s
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www.iOptron.com 0.2 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] turn on the power button located on the mount. You will see the iOptron logo displayed for a few seconds. Then you will see the zero
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www.iOptron.com Press ENTER to select “Set up local time”, and you will see this screen: Set Local Time: TIP: Spend some time 2007-06-18 14.49.18 familiarize yourself with Daylight Time saving √ those bright stars in the Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to move the cursor, and night sky use the number keys to adjust the numbers. When the correct local time has been entered, press ENTER. Then you will see this screen: Set up site Info: Longi: W071d27m47s Latit: N42d15m
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www.iOptron.com Venus is in the center of your eye piece. If your previous steps were correct, it should be. You may need to make some minor adjustments to center the object. Otherwise, use “two-star align”. What’s Next? Most beginner users are now ready to explore the night sky without needing to refer to the manual any further. The function you will need most is “Select and slew” in the main menu. From there you can select and explore planets, stars, galaxie
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www.iOptron.com Chapter.1 Set Up And Alignment 1.0 Basic Symbols R Right ascension D Declination Appendix: A Altitude Check Appendix D for a Z Azimuth brief introduction of Cele Sidereal speed celestial coordinate Sola Solar speed systems Moon Lunar speed Land Land mode nnX Slewing speed 1.1 Set Up By default, the mount works in Alt-az mode. Turn on the power button located o
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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 Contains up to 4096 asteroids. 2.5 Stars TIP: 2.5.1 Named Stars By specifying R.A. and Contains 191 stars. DEC numbers (or A and Z ) , you can point your 2.5.2 Constellations telescope to anywhere Contains 88 constellations. on the celestial sphere. 2.5.3 Double Stars Contains 40 double stars. 2.5.4 Variable Stars Contains 38,624 variable stars. 2.5.5 SAO Bright Stars Contains up to 26,584 SAO bright stars. 2.6 Constellati
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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 your telescope is equipped with Periodic Error Correction use this option to adjust Periodic Error Correction. Appendix: Check Appendix A for 3.4 Set up tracking complete menu
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www.iOptron.com Zenith Polaris 1 Equatorial Mode TIP: The earth’s axis of rotation is tilted 23.5° from the vertical. This tilt 5 changes throughout the year. In December the 2 northern hemisphere is tilted 23.5° away from 3 the sun. While in June the northern hemisphere 4 is tilted 23.5° towards the sun. 6 7 8 9 1. Telescope 2. Counter weight (Not Standard Component) 3. Tilt support 4. Tilt lock 5. Mount 6. Tripod
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www.iOptron.com Chapter. 4 How to Observe 4.1 Observe manually If you want to observe land objects, such as a mountain top or a bird you should use the alt-az mode. Simply point the telescope to your target and look through the eye piece. (For TIP: certain models, such as Newtonian and Maksutov-Cassagrein, People usually use alt-zi the image you see in the eye piece is up-side down). mode to observe land objects. First, you need to loosen the telescope’s tripod base lock
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www.iOptron.com There is a lot to explore on the surface of the Moon such as craters, mountain ranges, fault lines, etc. During a full moon, however, no shadows can be seen on the Moon’s surface and it becomes too bright for any details to be seen. The best time to observe the Moon is during its crescent or half phase. A neutral density Moon filter is recommended when observing the Moon. This filter cuts down on the bright glare and enhances contrast. You will be amazed by the
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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 • C
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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
