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Instruction Manual
W A R N I N G !
Never use a
Telescope to look
at the Sun! Looking
at or near the Sun will cause
instant and irreversible dam-
age to your eye. Eye damage
is often painless, so there is no
warning to the observer that
damage has occurred until it
is too late. Do not point the
telescope or its viewfinder at
or near the Sun.
Do not look through the tel-
escope or its viewfinder as
it is moving. Children should
always have adult supervision
while observing.
Telescope assemblies ...................................................... 2
The Mount ......................................................................2
The Handbox .................................................................2
Parts overview Mount ........................................................ 3
Telescope assemblies ...................................................... 4
The Motor Drive Systems ..............................................4
Installing the motors .......................................................... 5
Warranty ............................................................................. 5
Telescope setup ................................................................. 7
Balancing the telescope ............................................... 7
Automatic Tracking .............................................................8
Setting the Polar Home Position ...................................8
Observing by Moving the Telescope Manually .............9
Activate the Arrow Keys ................................................9
Slew Speeds ..................................................................9
Using GO TO capabilities ............................................10
Moving through the menus ..........................................10
Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button .......10
The Handbox .....................................................................11
Features of the Handbox .............................................11
Main menu of the Telescope control ...........................13
Initializing the handbox ................................................14
One Star Align ..............................................................14
Two- and Three-Star Align ..........................................15
Synchronisation ........................................................15
RA + DEC Backlash compensation .........................15
Navigation to the Target Objects ..................................16
Customer Objects .........................................................16
Celestial Coordinates ....................................................17
Utility Menu .......................................................................17
Current Objects.............................................................17
Rise and Setting Time...................................................17
Lunar Phase ..................................................................17
Timer .............................................................................17
Alarm .............................................................................18
Eyepiece Field of View ..................................................18
Eyepiece Magnification .................................................18
LCD Illumination ............................................................18
Park Scope ...................................................................18
Settings .............................................................................18
Date and Time ..............................................................18
Daylight Saving .............................................................18
Observing Site ..............................................................19
Astronomical/Terrestrial ................................................20
Tracking Mode ..............................................................20
Telescope Mount ..........................................................20
Tracking Speed .............................................................20
Language ......................................................................20
Reset .............................................................................20
Polar Alignment .................................................................21
The Polar Alignment Viewfinder ....................................21
Adjusting the polar viewfinder (EXOS 2) .......................21
Polar alignment by using the polar viewfinder ............22
How to find Polaris ............................................................24
Distances in space ............................................................25
Possible observation targets .............................................26
Technical data ...................................................................27
Index
