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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 Warning .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ASSEMBLY ........................................................................
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Focusing.................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Image Orientation ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 Calculating Magnification..............................................................................................................................
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Celestron NexStar telescope! The NexStar ushers in a whole new generation of computer automated technology. Simple and friendly to use, the NexStar is up and running after locating just three bright celestial objects. It’s the perfect combination of power and portability. If you are new to astronomy, you may wish to start off by using the NexStar's built-in Sky Tour feature, which commands the NexStar to find the most interesting objects in the
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1 14 13 12 11 2 3 10 4 9 8 7 5 6 = The NexStar SLT Refractor Telescope (NexStar 60 Shown) 1 Objective Lens 8 On/Off Switch 2 Fork Arm 9 Focuser Knob 3 Battery Compartment 10 Star Diagonal 4 Hand Control 11 Eyepiece 5 Tripod 12 Star Pointer Finderscope (not shown) 6 Tripod Leg Extension Clamp 13 Dovetailed Mounting Clamp 7 Accessory Tray 14 Telescope Tube 5
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1 12 2 11 3 4 10 9 5 8 6 7 NexStar SLT Reflecting Telescope (NexStar 114 Shown) 1 Eyepiece 7 Tripod Leg Extension Clamp 2 Secondary Mirror 8 Accessory Tray 3 Fork Arm 9 On/Off Switch 4 Battery Compartment 10 Collimation Adjustment Knobs 5 Tripod 11 Optical Tube 6 Hand Control 12 Star Pointer Finderscope 6
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The NexStar comes partially assembled and can be operational in a matter of minutes. The NexStar is conveniently packaged in one reusable shipping carton that contains the following accessories: • 25mm and 9mm Eyepieces – 1¼" • 1¼" Star Diagonal (NexStar 60, 80 & 102 only) • Star Pointer Finderscope and Mounting Bracket • Deluxe Accessory Tray • The Sky™ Level 1 Astronomy Software • NSOL Telescope Control Software • NexStar Hand Control w/ Object Database A As ss se em mb bl
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Attaching the Hand Control Holder Attaching the Hand Control Holder The NexStar comes with a snap-on hand control holder that conveniently attaches to any of the tripod legs. To attach the hand control holder simply position the holder with the square plastic tab facing up and push against the tripod leg until it snaps in to place. A At tt ta ac ch hiin ng g t th he e F Fo or rk k A Ar rm m t to o t th he e T Tr riip po od d With the tripod properly assembled, the tele
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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 Th he e E Ey ye ep piie ec ce e The eyepiece, is the optical element that magnifies the image focused by the Star Pointer telescope. The eyepiece fits either directly into the focuser (114mm and Eyepiece Finderscope 130mm models) or into the star diagonal (6
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The Star Pointer comes equipped with a variable brightness control, two axes alignment control and mounting brackets. Before the Star Pointer is ready to be used, it must be attached to the telescope tube and properly aligned: Azimuth Adjustment Screw (Adjustment knob located on opposite side) On / OFF / Brightness Switch Glass Window Battery Altitude Adjustment Knob Mounting Screw Dovetail Mounting Bracket Figure 2-8 – The StarPointer Finderscope wit
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A At tt ta ac ch hiin ng g t th he e H Ha an nd d C Co on nt tr ro oll The NexStar SLT hand control has a phone jack type connector at the end of its cord. Plug the phone jack connector into the outlet at the base of the telescope’s fork arm. Push the connector into the outlet until it clicks into place and place the hand control into its holder as described previously in the Assembly section of the manual Auxiliary Port ON/Off Switch Hand Control Port 1
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T Th he e H Ha an nd d C Co on nt tr ro oll The NexStar SLT's hand controller is designed to give you instant access to all the functions the NexStar has to offer. With automatic slewing to over 4,000 objects, and common sense menu descriptions, even a beginner can master its variety of features in just a few observing sessions. Below is a brief description of the individual components of the NexStar SLT hand controller: 1. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Window: Has a dual-li
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1 7 2 8 3 9 10 4 5 11 6 12 Figu ur re e 3 3- -1 1 The NexStar Hand Control 5. Info: Displays coordinates and useful information about objects selected from the NexStar database. 6. Tour: Activates the tour mode, which seeks out all the best objects for a given month and automatically slews the NexStar to those objects. 7. Enter: Pressing Enter allows you to select any of the NexStar functions, acce
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A Alliig gn nm me en nt t P Pr ro oc ce ed du ur re e In order for the NexStar to accurately point to objects in the sky, it must first be aligned to known positions (stars) in the sky. With this information, the telescope can create a model of the sky, which it uses to locate any object with known coordinates. There are many ways to align the NexStar with the sky depending on what information the user is able to provide: SkyAlign uses your current date, time and city to create an acc
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Time - Enter the current time for your area. You can enter either the local time (i.e. 8:00), or you can enter military time (i.e. 20:00). Select PM or AM. If military time was entered, the hand control will bypass this step. Choose between Standard time or Daylight Savings time. Use the Up and Down scroll buttons (10) to toggle between options. Select the time zone that you are observing from. Again, use the Up and Down buttons (10) to scroll through the choices. For time
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A Au ut to o T Tw wo o- -S St ta ar r A Alliig gn n As with Sky Align, Auto Two-Star Align requires you to enter all the necessary time/site information as before. Once this information is entered, NexStar will prompt you to select and point the telescope at one known star in the sky. The NexStar now has all the information it needs to automatically choose a second star that will assure the best possible alignment. Once selected the telescope will automatically slew to that seco
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Once the second star alignment is completed properly, the display will read Align Successful, and you should hear the tracking motors turn-on and begin to track. O On ne e- -S St ta ar r A Alliig gn n One-Star Align requires you to input all the same information as you would for the Two-Star Align procedure. However, instead of slewing to two alignment stars for centering and alignment, the NexStar uses only one star to model the sky based on the information given. This will all
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NexStar Re-Alignment NexStar Re-Alignment The NexStar has a re-alignment feature which allows you to replace either of the original alignment stars with a new star or celestial object. This can be useful in several situations: • If you are observing over a period of a few hours, you may notice that your original two alignment stars have drifted towards the west considerably. (Remember that the stars are moving at a rate of 15º every hour). Aligning on a new star that is in the east
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S Slle ew wiin ng g t to o a an n O Ob bjje ec ct t Once the desired object is displayed on the hand control screen, you have two options: • Press the INFO Key. This will give you useful information about the selected object such as magnitude, constellation and fascinating facts about many of the objects. • Press the ENTER Key. This will automatically slew the telescope to the coordinates of the object. While the telescope is slewing to the object, the user can still access man
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D Diir re ec ct tiio on n B Bu ut tt to on ns s The NexStar has four direction buttons in the center of the hand control which controls the telescope motion in altitude (up and down) and azimuth (left and right). The telescope can be controlled at nine different speed rates. 1 = 2x 6 = .5º / sec 2 = 4x 7 = 1º / sec 3 = 8x 8 = 2º / sec 4 = 16x 9 = 4º / sec 5 = 32x Nine available slew speeds R Ra at te e B Bu ut tt to on n Pressing the RATE key (11
