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4.●
Choose the same star again, beginning from the Objects Menu, and press GOTO.
●Now●the●telescope●will●swap●
sides.●The●star●will●(hopefully)●appear●again●in●the●finderscope●eyepiece,●but●may●be●displaced●both●in●RA●and●DEC●on●
the●crosshairs.●●●
5.●
Make altitude adjustments.
a)●
The RA (east/west) error is a function of the
orthogonality of the finderscope.
●To●make●the●
rest●of●the●process●easier,●we●will●adjust●this●out.●●
Move●one●half●of●the●E-W●distance●to●the●N-S●
crosshair●with●the●E●or●W●direction●button.
b)●
Use the finerscope’s adjustment screws to
finish the movement onto the N-S crosshair.
●●●
Try●to●only●adjust●the●finder●in●the●E-W●direction.●●
Do●not●move●it●north●or●south.
c)●
Use the mount’s altitude adjustment to bring
the star half way toward the center of the
reticle in the N-S direction.
d)●
Center the star the rest of the way using the N-S buttons.
e)●
Press the Recal button #9 again in the RA/DEC/REV Menu.
You●will●hear●a●beep●letting●you●know●you●re-cali-
brated.●●●(Any●time●you●use●the●keypad’s●direction●buttons●to●center●an●object,●it●is●a●good●idea●to●re-calibrate.)
f)●
Set the Meridian Delay display back to <0W>.
●Press●MENU●to●return●all●the●way●back●to●the●Objects●Menu.
g)●
Enter the same star again and press GOTO.
●
The●scope●will●again●swap●sides●and●acquire●
the●star●on●the●crosshairs.●Repeat●the●mechani-
cal●alignment●procedure●until●the●star●remains●
on●or●close●to●the●crosshair.●●Each●time●you●
make●an●adjustment,●move●half●the●distance●
with●the●altitude●adjuster●(5-c)●and●half●with●the●
N-S●buttons●(5-d).●●●Likewise●for●any●remaining●
orthogonality●error●–●half●with●the●buttons,●half●
with●the●finder’s●adjustment●screws.●●●Then●do●
the●re-calibration●on●the●keypad●(5-e)●before●do-
ing●the●next●meridian●swap●(3).●●
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