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2
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With the computerized hand control installed,
power on the NexStar. Press ENTER to begin
an alignment.
Up and Down
Scroll Buttons
Direction
Buttons
a) Use the Up and Down scroll buttons to get to the
AutoAlign
menu and press ENTER. b) Input the
necessary date and time information as instructed by the
hand control. (See
Hand Control
section for complete
instruction on entering data). c) The first time the NexStar
is used from a new location, the longitude and latitude
must be entered into the hand control. When asked for
your coordinates
,
use Appendix C to look up the
longitude and latitude of your nearest city and enter it
into the hand control.
APPENDIX C LONGITUDE
LATITUDE
degrees
min degrees min
Torrance
118
19.8
33
48
Travis AFB
121
55.8
38
16.2
Tahoe
120
7.8
39
19.2
Based on the inputted information, the NexStar will
automatically pick an alignment star and slew the
telescope close to that star. Once there, the display
will ask you to use the arrow buttons to aim the Star
Pointer at the star. If the star is not visible (perhaps
behind a tree), press UNDO to select a new star.
Next, center the star in the eyepiece and press
ALIGN. Repeat these steps for the second alignment
star. When complete, display will read "
Alignment
Successful"
.
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Once all the necessary information has been entered,
use the direction arrow keys to align the altitude index
marks (see above) and rotate the telescope tube
towards North. (See
Astronomy Basics
for help on
finding North).
Altitude index for NexStar 8i
Altitude index for
NexStar 5i
