Celestron CPC DELUXE 1100 HD, Instruction Manual

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the telescope can create a model of the sky, which it uses to locate any
‘„Œ‡ –™‹–Š‘™ ‘‘”†‹ƒ–‡•ǤŠ‡”‡ƒ”‡ƒ›™ƒ›•–‘ƒŽ‹‰–Š‡
with the sky depending on what information the user is able to provide:
›Ž‹‰
uses the internal GPS receiver to acquire all the necessary time/
site information needed for the CPC to create an accurate model of the
sky. Then the user can simply point the telescope to any three bright
‡Ž‡•–‹ƒŽ‘„Œ‡ –•–‘ƒ —”ƒ–‡Ž›ƒŽ‹‰–Š‡–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡™‹–Š–Š‡•›Ǥ —–‘
™‘Ǧ–ƒ”Ž‹‰ ™‹ŽŽƒ•–Š‡—•‡”–‘ Š‘‘•‡ƒ† ‡–‡”–Š‡Ƥ”•–ƒŽ‹‰‡–
star, then the CPC will automatically select and slew to a second star
for alignment.
™‘Ǧ–ƒ”Ž‹‰‡–
requires the user to identify and
manually slew the telescope to the two alignment stars.
‡Ǧ–ƒ”Ž‹‰
‹•–Š‡•ƒ‡ƒ•™‘Ǧ–ƒ”Ž‹‰ǢŠ‘™‡˜‡”ǡ‹–‘Ž›”‡“—‹”‡•›‘—–‘ƒŽ‹‰
to one known star. Although not as accurate as the other alignment
‡–Š‘†•ǡ‡Ǧ–ƒ”Ž‹‰‹•–Š‡“—‹ ‡•–™ƒ›–‘Ƥ†ƒ†–”ƒ „”‹‰Š–
’Žƒ‡–•ƒ†‘„Œ‡ –•‹Ž–ƒœ‹—–Š‘†‡Ǥ
‘Žƒ”›•–‡Ž‹‰
will display
ƒŽ‹•–‘ˆ˜‹•‹„Ž‡†ƒ›–‹‡‘„Œ‡ –•ȋ’Žƒ‡–•ƒ†–Š‡‘‘Ȍƒ˜ƒ‹Žƒ„Ž‡–‘ƒŽ‹‰
–Š‡–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡Ǥ ‹ƒŽŽ›ǡ
‘”–Šƒ†‘—–Š
alignments are designed
to assist you in aligning the CPC when polar aligned using an equatorial
wedge. Each alignment method is discussed in detail below.
“Altazimuth” or “Alt-Az” refers to a type of mounting that allows
a telescope to move in both altitude (up and down) and azimuth
(left and right) with respect to the ground. This is the simplest
form of mounting in which the telescope is attached directly to a
tripod without the use of an equatorial wedge.
SkyAlign
SkyAlign must be used with the telescope mounted in altazimuth. With
SkyAlign, the GPS receiver links with and acquires information from 3 of
the orbiting GPS satellites. With this information, the built-in GPS system
calculates the scope’s location on Earth with an accuracy of a few meters
and calculates universal time down to the second. After quickly making
all these calculations and automatically entering the information for you,
the user simply needs to aim the telescope to any three bright celestial
‘„Œ‡ –•‹–Š‡•›Ǥ‹ ‡›Ž‹‰”‡“—‹”‡•‘‘™Ž‡†‰‡‘ˆ–Š‡‹‰Š–•›ǡ
it is not necessary to know the name of the stars that you are aiming at.
You may even select a planet or the Moon. The CPC is then ready to start
Ƥ†‹‰ƒ†–”ƒ ‹‰ƒ›‘ˆ–Š‡‘„Œ‡ –•‹‹–•͘͜ǡ͘͘͘ή‘„Œ‡ –†ƒ–ƒ„ƒ•‡Ǥ
Before the telescope is ready to be aligned, it should be set up in an
‘—–•‹†‡Ž‘ ƒ–‹‘™‹–ŠƒŽŽƒ ‡••‘”‹‡•ȋ‡›‡’‹‡ ‡ǡ†‹ƒ‰‘ƒŽƒ†Ƥ†‡”• ‘’‡Ȍ
attached and lens cover removed as described in the Assembly section of
the manual. To begin SkyAlign:
͙Ǥ ‘™‡”‘–Š‡„›ƪ‹’’‹‰–Š‡•™‹– ŠŽ‘ ƒ–‡†‘–Š‡ ‘–”‘Ž’ƒ‡Ž
‘ˆ–Š‡†”‹˜‡„ƒ•‡–‘–Š‡Dz‘dz’‘•‹–‹‘Ǥ ‡–—”‡†‘ǡ–Š‡Šƒ†
control display will say CPC Ready . Press ENTER to choose SkyAlign
‘”—•‡–Š‡Ȁ• ”‘ŽŽ‡›•ȋ͙͘Ȍ–‘•‡Ž‡ –ƒ†‹ơ‡”‡–‡–Š‘†‘ˆ
ƒŽ‹‰‡–Ǥ”‡••‹‰–Š‡‡›™‹ŽŽ„›’ƒ••–Š‡‘–Š‡”ƒŽ‹‰‡–
options and the scrolling text and automatically begins Sky Align .
͚Ǥ  ‡
Sky Align has been selected, the hand control will display “Enter
‹ˆdzǡDz†‘–‘†‹–dzƒ†Dz‹‹‰dzǤŠ‡„‘––‘Ž‹‡‘ˆ–Š‡
will display either the current time or the time when you last used the
telescope. The GPS will quickly link up and display the current date,
–‹‡ƒ†Ž‘ ƒ–‹‘Ǥ††‹–‹‘ƒŽŽ›ǡ›‘—Šƒ˜‡–Š‡‘’–‹‘‘ˆ’”‡••‹‰
and manually updating the time/site information. Press ENTER to
accept the time/site information downloaded from the GPS.
3. The hand control will display a message reminding you to level the
tripod if you already haven’t done so. Press ENTER to continue.
4. Use the arrow buttons on the hand control to slew (move) the
–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡–‘™ƒ”†•ƒ›„”‹‰Š– ‡Ž‡•–‹ƒŽ‘„Œ‡ –‹–Š‡•›Ǥ‡–‡”–Š‡
‘„Œ‡ –‹–Š‡ ”‘••Šƒ‹”•‘ˆ–Š‡Ƥ†‡”• ‘’‡ƒ†’”‡••Ǥ
͝Ǥ ˆ–Š‡Ƥ†‡”• ‘’‡Šƒ•„‡‡’”‘’‡”Ž›ƒŽ‹‰‡†™‹–Š–Š‡–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡–—„‡ǡ
–Š‡ƒŽ‹‰‡–•–ƒ”•Š‘—Ž†‘™„‡˜‹•‹„Ž‡‹•‹†‡–Š‡Ƥ‡Ž†‘ˆ˜‹‡™‘ˆ–Š‡
eyepiece. The CPC will ask that you center the bright alignment star
‹–Š‡ ‡–‡”‘ˆ–Š‡‡›‡’‹‡ ‡ƒ†’”‡••–Š‡„—––‘ǤŠ‹•™‹ŽŽ
ƒ ‡’––Š‡•–ƒ”ƒ•–Š‡Ƥ”•–ƒŽ‹‰‡–’‘•‹–‹‘ǤȋŠ‡”‡‹•‘‡‡†–‘
ƒ†Œ—•––Š‡•Ž‡™‹‰”ƒ–‡‘ˆ–Š‡‘–‘”•ƒˆ–‡”‡ƒ ŠƒŽ‹‰‡–•–‡’ǤŠ‡
ƒ—–‘ƒ–‹ ƒŽŽ›•‡Ž‡ –•–Š‡„‡•–•Ž‡™‹‰”ƒ–‡ˆ‘”ƒŽ‹‰‹‰‘„Œ‡ –•‹
„‘–Š–Š‡Ƥ†‡”• ‘’‡ƒ†–Š‡‡›‡’‹‡ ‡ȌǤ
͞Ǥ ‘”–Š‡•‡ ‘†ƒŽ‹‰‡–‘„Œ‡ –ǡ Š‘‘•‡ƒ„”‹‰Š–•–ƒ”‘”’Žƒ‡–ƒ•ˆƒ”
ƒ•’‘••‹„Ž‡ˆ”‘–Š‡Ƥ”•–ƒŽ‹‰‡–‘„Œ‡ –Ǥ ‡ƒ‰ƒ‹—•‡–Š‡ƒ””‘™
„—––‘–‘ ‡–‡”–Š‡‘„Œ‡ –‹–Š‡Ƥ†‡”• ‘’‡ƒ†’”‡••ǤŠ‡
‘ ‡ ‡–‡”‡†‹–Š‡‡›‡’‹‡ ‡ǡ’”‡••–Š‡„—––‘Ǥ
͟Ǥ ‡’‡ƒ––Š‡’”‘ ‡••ˆ‘”–Š‡–Š‹”†ƒŽ‹‰‡–•–ƒ”ǤŠ‡–Š‡–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡
Šƒ•„‡‡ƒŽ‹‰‡†–‘–Š‡ƤƒŽ•–ƒ”•ǡ–Š‡†‹•’Žƒ›™‹ŽŽ”‡ƒ†
Match
‘Ƥ”‡† Ǥ”‡••–‘†‹•’Žƒ›–Š‡ƒ‡•‘ˆ–Š‡–Š”‡‡„”‹‰Š–
‘„Œ‡ –•›‘—ƒŽ‹‰‡†–‘ǡ‘”’”‡••–‘ƒ ‡’––Š‡•‡–Š”‡‡‘„Œ‡ –•
ˆ‘”ƒŽ‹‰‡–Ǥ‘—ƒ”‡‘™”‡ƒ†›–‘Ƥ†›‘—”Ƥ”•–‘„Œ‡ –Ǥ
A Few Words on GPS:
Š‡—•‡•ƒ‘Ǧ„‘ƒ”†–‘–ƒ‡–Š‡‰—‡••™‘”‘—–‘ˆ
ƒŽ‹‰‹‰›‘—”–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡™‹–Š–Š‡•›Ǥ ‡ƒƒŽ‹‰‡–‡–Š‘†
‹••‡Ž‡ –‡†ǡ–Š‡ƒ—–‘ƒ–‹ ƒŽŽ›‹‹–‹ƒ–‡•–Š‡‹–‡”ƒŽ
‘†—Ž‡Ǥ‘™‡˜‡”ǡ–Š‡”‡ƒ”‡ƒˆ‡™–Š‹‰•›‘—•Š‘—Ž†„‡ƒ™ƒ”‡‘ˆ
‹‘”†‡”–‘‰‡–ˆ—ŽŽ—•‡‘ˆ‹–•ƒ› ƒ’ƒ„‹Ž‹–‹‡•ǣ
ƒŽ‹‰‡–™‹ŽŽ‘Ž›™‘”™Š‡–Š‡–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡‹••‡–Ǧ—’‘—–†‘‘”•
™‹–Šƒ—‘„•–”— –‡†˜‹‡™‘ˆ–Š‡•›Ǥˆ–Š‡‹••‡–Ǧ—’‹ƒŽ‘ ƒ–‹‘
–Šƒ–Šƒ•ƒŽ‹‹–‡†Š‘”‹œ‘‹ƒ›†‹”‡ –‹‘ǡ‹–ƒ›–ƒ‡Ž‘‰‡”ˆ‘”–Š‡
–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡–‘Ƥ†ƒ†Ž‹™‹–Š–Š‡‡‡†‡†•ƒ–‡ŽŽ‹–‡•Ǥ
Š‡—•‹‰–Š‡ˆ‘”–Š‡Ƥ”•––‹‡ǡ‹–ƒ›–ƒ‡͛Ǧ͝‹—–‡•
ˆ‘”–Š‡–‘Ž‹Ǧ—’™‹–Š‹–••ƒ–‡ŽŽ‹–‡•Ǥ ‡–Š‡–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡‹•
•— ‡••ˆ—ŽŽ›Ž‹‡†ǡŽ‡ƒ˜‡–Š‡–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡’‘™‡”‡†‘ˆ‘”ƒ–Ž‡ƒ•–
͚͘‹—–‡•Ǥ—”‹‰–Š‹•–‹‡–Š‡™‹ŽŽ†‘™Ž‘ƒ†–Š‡ ‘’Ž‡–‡
ƒŽƒƒ ‘ˆ‘”„‹–ƒŽ‡Ž‡‡–•ȋ ƒŽŽ‡†–Š‡‡’Š‡‡”‹•Ȍˆ‘”–Š‡‘”„‹–‹‰
•ƒ–‡ŽŽ‹–‡•Ǥ ‡–Š‹•‹ˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘‹•”‡ ‡‹˜‡†ǡ‹–™‹ŽŽ„‡•–‘”‡†
ˆ‘”ˆ—–—”‡ƒŽ‹‰‡–•Ǥ
ˆ›‘—”‹•–”ƒ•’‘”–‡†‘˜‡”ƒŽ‘‰
†‹•–ƒ ‡ȋ•ƒ›ˆ”‘–Š‡‘”–Š‡”–‘–Š‡
•‘—–Š‡”Š‡‹•’Š‡”‡Ȍǡ‹–ƒ›–ƒ‡ƒ•Ž‘‰
ƒ•‘‡Š‘—”–‘‡•–ƒ„Ž‹•Šƒ•ƒ–‡ŽŽ‹–‡Ž‹
ˆ”‘‹–•‡™Ž‘ ƒ–‹‘Ǥ„•‡”˜‡”•™‹•Š‹‰–‘
–”ƒ˜‡ŽŽ‘‰†‹•–ƒ ‡•™‹–Š–Š‡‹”–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡
ƒ”‡ƒ†˜‹•‡†–‘–—”‘–Š‡‹”–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡‹
ƒ†˜ƒ ‡–‘ƒŽŽ‘™–Š‡–‘ƒ “—‹”‡–Š‡‡ ‡••ƒ”›†ƒ–ƒǤ
Tips for Using SkyAlign
Remember the following alignment guidelines to make using SkyAlign
as simple and accurate as possible.
Ȉ ‡•—”‡–‘Ž‡˜‡Ž–Š‡–”‹’‘†„‡ˆ‘”‡›‘—„‡‰‹ƒŽ‹‰‡–ǤŠ‡–‹‡Ȁ
site information along with a level tripod will help the telescope
better predict the available bright stars and planets that are above
the
horizon.
Ȉ ‡‡„‡”›Ž‹‰†‘‡•‘– ƒ”‡™Š‡”‡–Š‡‘’–‹ ƒŽ–—„‡‹•
pointed at the beginning of the alignment. So to make the
alignment process even faster, it is acceptable to move the
–‡Ž‡• ‘’‡–‘–Š‡Ƥ”•–ƒŽ‹‰‡–•–ƒ”ƒ—ƒŽŽ›„›Ž‘‘•‡‹‰„‘–Š
clutches. However the following alignment stars still need to be
found and centered using the hand control.
Ȉ ‡‡„‡”–‘•‡Ž‡ –ƒŽ‹‰‡–•–ƒ”•–Šƒ–ƒ”‡ƒ•ˆƒ”ƒ’ƒ”–‹–Š‡•›
ƒ•’‘••‹„Ž‡Ǥ ‘”„‡•–”‡•—Ž–•ǡƒ‡•—”‡–Šƒ––Š‡–Š‹”†ƒŽ‹‰‡–
•–ƒ”†‘‡•‘–Ž‹‡‹ƒ•–”ƒ‹‰Š–Ž‹‡„‡–™‡‡–Š‡Ƥ”•––™‘•–ƒ”•ǤŠ‹•
may result in a failed alignment.