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Polyhymnia

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11

30

291.3457

2.864372

0.338273

338.2115

8.5843

1.871

8.55

0.33

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Circe

2008

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30

357.3366

2.686037

0.108253

329.9188

184.5186

5.5028

8.51

0.15

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Leukothea

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210.9581

2.990727

0.227795

213.9588

353.8097

7.9351

8.5

0.15

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Atalante

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198.7502

2.745856

0.303496

47.0352

358.4703

18.4346

8.46

0.15

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Fides

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190.2175

2.641461

0.176024

62.5955

7.3927

3.073

7.29

0.24

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Leda

2008

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258.4882

2.739764

0.153551

169.6907

295.793

6.9731

8.32

0.15

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Laetitia

2008

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208.1856

2.767148

0.114802

209.4385

157.1627

10.3862

6.1

0.15

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Harmonia

2008

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30

90.4497

2.267479

0.046348

269.7366

94.2864

4.2566

7

0.15

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Daphne

2008

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37.4718

2.765469

0.272064

46.3609

178.1346

15.7666

7.12

0.1

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Isis

2008

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302.7259

2.441053

0.22337

236.6529

84.3936

8.5296

7.53

0.15

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Ariadne

2008

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73.2044

2.202968

0.168091

15.8319

264.9291

3.4677

7.93

0.11

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Nysa

2008

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170.7123

2.425341

0.147657

342.7508

131.5792

3.7041

7.03

0.46

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Eugenia

2008

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30

286.3938

2.720994

0.081644

85.5622

147.9191

6.6099

7.46

0.07

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Hestia

2008

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30

217.3722

2.524407

0.172783

176.8484

181.1561

2.3432

8.36

0.06

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Aglaja

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30

6.8168

2.879575

0.135015

314.043

3.1473

4.9838

7.84

0.16

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Doris

2008

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102.4412

3.108642

0.074784

257.133

183.7354

6.5555

6.9

0.15

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Pales

2008

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274.6896

3.09392

0.230324

109.804

286.1346

3.1802

7.8

0.15

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Virginia

2008

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10.6337

2.651387

0.283688

200.0845

173.6319

2.8324

9.24

0.15

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Nemausa

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145.8796

2.365855

0.06723

3.2243

176.0995

9.9753

7.35

0.08

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Europa

2008

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269.0613

3.094958

0.105853

344.0615

128.7541

7.4816

6.31

0.18

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Kalypso

2008

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259.669

2.618282

0.204793

313.3827

143.5885

5.1684

8.81

0.15

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Alexandra

2008

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258.1198

2.711412

0.196803

345.7216

313.437

11.8071

7.66

0.15

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Pandora

2008

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265.9608

2.759307

0.144664

3.9396

10.5166

7.1839

7.8

0.15

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Melete

2008

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72.9013

2.595268

0.237971

103.5363

193.4492

8.0701

8.31

0.15

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Mnemosyne

2008

11

30

191.8584

3.147948

0.118166

212.5563

199.3297

15.2023

7.03

0.15

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Concordia

2008

11

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171.8732

2.698995

0.044675

33.2036

161.1913

5.0605

8.86

0.15

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Elpis

2008

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40.6966

2.713766

0.116815

211.4276

170.1613

8.6326

7.93

0.15

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Echo

2008

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276.6632

2.392828

0.183056

271.1452

191.6475

3.6011

8.21

0.27

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Danae

2008

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263.5451

2.980351

0.168521

13.751

333.7722

18.2254

7.68

0.15

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Erato

2008

11

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286.4868

3.130932

0.173412

273.2412

125.5826

2.229

8.76

0.15

63

Ausonia

2008

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209.2939

2.395977

0.12571

295.8189

337.8964

5.7856

7.55

0.25

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Angelina

2008

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264.9106

2.681069

0.125643

179.5963

309.2127

1.31

7.67

0.48

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Summary of Contents for AstroBoy-70e

Page 1: ...1 AstroBoy 70e Computerized Telescope Instruction Manual ...

Page 2: ...a Hand Controller 14 5 1 Manual Operation of the Telescope 14 5 2 Slew to an Object 14 5 2 1 Planets Sun Moon 14 5 2 2 Deep Sky Objects 14 5 2 3 Comets 14 5 2 4 Asteroids 14 5 2 5 Stars 14 5 2 6 User RA DEC JD2000 Objects 15 5 2 7 Enter Position 15 5 2 8 Watch List 15 5 2 9 Watch List Auto 15 5 3 Land Objects 15 5 4 Sync to Target 16 5 5 Set Up Controller 16 5 5 1 Set Up Time and Site 16 5 5 2 Set...

Page 3: ...omer Service 30 Appendix A Technical Specifications 31 Appendix B GoToNova 8404 HC MENU STRUCTURE 32 Appendix C GoToNova Star List 34 IOPTRON ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY 47 WARNING NEVER USE A TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye Children should always have adult supervision while observing July 2011 V1 2 iOptron reserves the ...

Page 4: ... controller is more intuitive with menu categories well organized It also has a larger LCD screen with more lines of content compared with the competition Using the easy to use hand controller and its large LCD screen you can easily set up your telescope and select where you want to go More precise speed control for viewing objects The control system also allows you to slew the telescope at 5 diff...

Page 5: ...n Dual axis servomotor with optical encoders Drive motor with 5 speed setting for precise tracking Push to alignment 70mm achromatic refractor telescope for land and celestial objects observation 1 3 megpixel camera with USB port Also exchangeable to photo tripods with camera screw 1 2 AstroBoy 70e Assembly Terms 1 Telescope 2 Dovetail Lock 3 Altitude Lock 4 Mount 5 Hand Controller 6 Focuser 7 Dia...

Page 6: ...holder from the compartment Be sure not to accidentally disconnect the wires Step 3a Insert 6 AA batteries not included in the holder Refer to the diagram on the holder to orient the batteries properly Replace the holder back into the battery compartment and replace the lid Use only fresh batteries Using old or low batteries may cause error messages An optional AC adapter and 12V car plug cable ar...

Page 7: ...s knob to bring objects into focus You may need to turn the focus knob quite a few turns to focus your telescope for the first time Always start observing using a lower power eyepiece such as the 25mm eyepiece to get a wider field of view Later on you can change to higher powers Eyepieces of higher powers have narrower field of views it s more difficult to locate objects using high power eyepieces...

Page 8: ...ttons to move a telescope along the altitude direction to move a telescope along the azimuth direction Brows the menu or move the cursor in operating menu SPEED Key To select slew speed 2X 8X 64X 256X and MAX HELP Key For help and display more information on an object 3 2 The LCD Screen The 8404 HC consists of a large 4 line LCD screen which displays all the information as shown in Figure 2 The us...

Page 9: ...s been interrupted 2 Mount Status display current status of the mount When the mount is turned on Stop Mount Status the telescope is at a standby position Slew Mount Status the telescope is manually slewing to the target Goto Mount Status the telescope is going to the target Track Mount Status the telescope is tracking a target Align Mount Status the telescope is in align mode 3 R Right Ascension ...

Page 10: ...ope tube directly up at the zenith as shown in Figure 3 left Tighten the clutch 2 Position the mount so that the N S mark is aligned with the earth s magnetic north and south poles as shown in Figure 3 right A compass is needed 3 Level the mount using the bubble on the mount base by adjusting the height of the tripod legs 4 2 Setting Up the Hand Controller Press the I O power switch to turn the mo...

Page 11: ...in the following table So make sure it shows behind instead of ahead of UT Time Zone Hawaii Alaska Pacific Mountain Central Eastern Hour behind UT 10 9 8 7 6 5 Enter Minutes 600 540 480 420 360 300 To adjust minutes use the or key to move the cursor and the or button to change the numbers To change the behind or ahead of UT move the cursor to ahead of and using or key to toggle between behind and ...

Page 12: ...nge when observing a land object or a bird Focusing Telescope 1 After selecting the desired eyepiece aim the telescope tube at a land based target at least 200 yards away e g A telephone pole or building Fully extend focusing tube by turning the focuser 2 While looking through selected eyepiece slowly retract focusing tube by turning focuser until object comes into focus Electronic Eyepiece AstroB...

Page 13: ... button scroll down to Align select Solarsys Align and press ENTER The screen will list Moon Sun and other planets for you to select from Select an object using or key Then press ENTER The mount will slew to the object Use or key to center the object in your eyepiece Press SPEED button to change the slew speed if needed Then press ENTER to complete the alignment Or press the BACK key to cancel the...

Page 14: ...e horizon may not display 5 2 1 Planets Sun Moon There are 9 objects in Solar system 5 2 2 Deep Sky Objects Named Deepsky Object It consists of 137 deep sky objects with their common names More information will be available by pressing HELP key A list of named deep sky objects is also attached in Appendix C Messier Catalog It consists of all 110 objects in Messier catalog More information will be ...

Page 15: ...slew to all the objects listed in Watch List at a preset time interval The time interval can be set to from 10 seconds to 1200 seconds by using or button 5 3 Land Objects Up to 4 your favorite land objects can be stored in the hand controller Press MENU select Land Objects and press ENTER the Land Objects screen will show Goto saved land object Use or button to move the cursor to Goto saved line u...

Page 16: ... Target Right Ascension and Declination After slew to an object move the cursor to Sync to Target and press ENTER Follow the screen to do the sync Using this function can improve the GOTO accuracy in nearby sky Multiple syncs can be performed if needed Sync to Target will only work properly after Select and Slew was performed You may need using SPEED key to change the slewing speed to make the cen...

Page 17: ...g is AZI 200 degree mode 5 5 5 Reset All Reset all settings to factory default data 5 6 Align This function is used for align the telescope Before star alignment please make sure the mount is well leveled In addition to Solarsys Align the system also provides One Star Align and Two Star Align Either one can be selected for telescope alignment 5 6 1 Solarsys Align Press MENU scroll down the menu an...

Page 18: ...ER The mount will slew to it automatically Use or key to center the object in your eyepiece Press SPEED button to change the slew speed if needed Then press ENTER to complete the alignment After you finish the first star the system will prompt you to choose the second star Repeat the process to finish the second star alignment An Align OK screen will show briefly To obtain a better alignment effec...

Page 19: ...K to back to Modify Star Catalog menu Edit one data Use or button to move the cursor to Edit one data line and press ENTER A user object screen will show The first line shows the number of the user object and if it is above the horizon The second line shows the name of the user object here is BX The third line shows target s current RA and DEC coordinates The bottom line shows object s altitude an...

Page 20: ... can be added a existing comet record has to be deleted See Delete one comet Select Add a new comet and press ENTER Enter the name of your object by using or key to change the display from 1 to 9 space and A to Z and or key to move the cursor It will then ask the following information Year Month Day e q w Omega and i After entering all these parameters A confirmation screen will show Press ENTER t...

Page 21: ...atalog menu Delete one comet Use or button to move the cursor to Delete one comet line and press ENTER A screen consists comet information will show Use or button to move the cursor and or button to change the number Press ENTER to delete selected object Press BACK to back to Modify Star Catalog menu Reset all comets Use or button to move the cursor to Reset all comets line and press ENTER to rest...

Page 22: ...press ENTER Browse the celestial object list and select the one you want to watch by press ENTER Follow the screen prompt to confirm the selection After you are done press BACK to back to Watch List menu You also can delete one or all objects in your watching list After the watch list is set it can be observed through Select and Slew operation either w 5 9 Set Telescope Coord Set the current Altit...

Page 23: ...ur computer monitor an image video capture program is needed Most PCs come with preinstalled programs such as Window Movie Maker Arcsoft Webcam Companion or other webcam program If your PC does not have one installed you may download one from the following website VirtualDub 32 bit or 64 bit from www VirtualDub org or Future Winjoe at www ioptron com future rar Aim and focus your telescope to an o...

Page 24: ...w displayed 5 Click on Yes to accept the License Agreement 6 Select the destination folder to install Future WinJoe The default location is C Program Files Future WinJoe Click on Next You may change it to the destination folder you want by click on Browse ...

Page 25: ...ion of Future WinJoe 1 Connect the iE1300 to the USB port 2 Double click on the Future WinJoe icon on desktop Or go to startÆall programsÆFuture WinJoe A preview window of Future WinJoe will be shown with a large live image in the middle and captured image thumbnails at the bottom ...

Page 26: ...ne In this case select MDA1300 You can select where to store the captured videos and images You may also change other settings in this menu Click OK when done 4 Click on to connect the camera An image probably an unfocused one in most time will be displayed Adjust the focusing knob to bring the image to focus ...

Page 27: ...photo 7 Click on the image thumbnails to view the quality of the image Click on or to adjust the settings if needed Click on to connect the camera again and take more pictures if desired 8 Click on to start video capturing and click it again to stop 9 For more detailed software functions please click on or F1 ...

Page 28: ...o the optics 5 If your telescope is used outdoors on a humid night telescope surfaces may accumulate water condensation While such condensation does not normally cause any damage to the telescope it is recommended that wait the entire telescope be dried before being packed away Do not wipe any of the optical surfaces In addition the dust cap should not be placed back on to the optical tube until t...

Page 29: ...e site information setting such as minutes behind UT if you locate in North America or DST setting is wrong Please go to Set Up Controller submenu to double check them Cannot seem to focus No image appears in the eyepiece 1 Confirm that the dust cap has been removed from the telescope 2 Fully extending the telescope tube by tuning the focuser clockwise first Then turn the focuser slowly counterclo...

Page 30: ...aster Time Monday through Friday In the unlikely event that the telescope requires factory servicing or repairs write or call the iOptron Customer Service Department first before returning the telescope to the factory giving full particulars as to the nature of the problem as well as your name address and daytime telephone number The great majority of servicing issues can be resolved by telephone ...

Page 31: ...ler Automatic Tracking rate celestial solar lunar Motor Dual Axis DC Servo motor with encoders Resolution 1 arc second Slew Speed 2 8 64 256 MAX 4º sec Hand controller GoToNova 8404 LCD display 4 line 21 character with LED backlit Processor 32bit ARM Object in Database 5 000 Level indicator Yes Battery AA x 6 Not Included AC DC adapter Optional Power Requirement 9V DC 9 14V 1 2A Tripod Aluminum El...

Page 32: ...sky Object Messier Catalog NGC Catalog Named Stars Constellations Double Stars SAO Bright Stars User RA DEC JD2000 User RA DEC JD2000 Enter Position Enter Position Watch List Watch List Set Up Controller Set Up Controller Set Up Time and Site Set Up Time and Site Set Display Info Set Display Info Watch List Auto Watch List Auto Land Objects Land Objects Sync To Target Sync To Target Set Key Beep S...

Page 33: ...eroids Modify Star Catalog Modify Star Catalog User RA DEC JD2000 User RA DEC JD2000 Comets Comets Asteroids Asteroids Watch List Add a Watch Object Delete One Data Delete All Browse the List Watch List Watch List Add a Watch Object Add a Watch Object Delete One Data Delete One Data Delete All Delete All Browse the List Browse the List Set Telescope Coord Set Telescope Coord Park Telescope Park Te...

Page 34: ... 63 Perseus Per 20 Cepheus Cep 64 Phoenix Phe 21 Cetus Cet 65 Pictor Pic 22 Chamaeleon Cha 66 Pisces Psc 23 Circinus Cir 67 Piscis Austrinus PsA 24 Columba Col 68 Puppis Pup 25 Coma Berenices Com 69 Pyxis Pyx 26 Corona Australis CrA 70 Reticulum Ret 27 Corona Borealis CrB 71 Sagitta Sge 28 Corvus Crv 72 Sagittarius Sgr 29 Crater Crt 73 Scorpius Sco 30 Crux Cru 74 Sculptor Scl 31 Cygnus Cyg 75 Scut...

Page 35: ...35 Messier This table is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License It uses material from the Wikipedia article List of Messier objects ...

Page 36: ...ter 22 California Nebula 69 Little Dumbbell 23 Carafe Group 70 Little Gem Nebula 24 Cat s Eye Nebula 71 Little Gem 25 Centaurus A 72 Little Ghost Nebula 26 Cetus A 73 Markarian s Chain 27 chi Persei 74 Mice Galaxies N4676A 28 Christmas Tree Cluster 75 Miniature Spiral 29 Clown Face Nebula 76 Mirach s Ghost 30 Cocoon Nebula 77 mu NOR Cluster 31 Coddington s Nebula 78 North America Nebula 32 Cone Ne...

Page 37: ...laxy Group 125 The Eyes 104 Sculptor Galaxy 126 The Mice 105 Seyfert s Sextet 127 Toby Jug Nebula 106 Siamese Twins 128 Tom Thumb Cluster 107 Silver Dollar 129 Triangulum Galaxy 108 Small Magellanic Cloud 130 Trifid Nebula 109 Sombrero Galaxy 131 Ursa Major A 110 Southern Integral Sign 132 Veil Nebula 111 Southern Pleiades 133 Virgo A 112 Spindle Galaxy 134 Whirlpool Galaxy 113 Spindle 135 Wild Du...

Page 38: ...023 Alkaid 071 Cor Caroli 119 Merope 167 Sirius 024 Alkalurops 072 Cursa 120 Mesartim 168 Skat 025 Alkes 073 Dabih 121 Miaplacidus 169 Spica 026 Almach 074 Deneb 122 Mintaka 170 Sterope 027 Alnasl 075 Deneb Algedi 123 Mira 171 Sulafat 028 Alnilam 076 Deneb Kaitos 124 Mirach 172 Syrma 029 Alnitak 077 Denebola 125 Mirfak 173 Talitha 030 Alphard 078 Dubhe 126 Mirzam 174 Tania Australis 031 Alphecca 0...

Page 39: ...r 55 4 0 9 5 58502 53 Tau CMa 8 2 4 4 10 11 173446 18 Ome Aur 5 4 5 0 8 0 57548 54 145 CMa 25 8 4 8 6 8 173349 19 Eps Boo 2 8 2 5 4 9 83500 Izar 55 Mu CMa 2 8 5 0 7 0 152123 20 Del Boo 105 3 5 7 5 64589 56 Nu 1 CMa 17 5 5 8 8 5 151694 21 Mu 1 Boo 108 4 3 6 5 64686 Alkalurops 57 Iot Cnc 30 5 4 2 6 6 80416 22 Tau Boo 4 8 4 5 11 100706 58 Alp Cnc 11 4 3 12 98267 Acubens 23 Kap Boo 13 4 4 6 6 6 29046 ...

Page 40: ...2 Lep 3 2 5 4 6 6 170352 91 40 41 Dra 19 3 5 7 6 1 8994 129 Iot Lib 57 8 4 5 9 4 159090 92 1 Equ 10 7 5 2 7 3 126428 130 Lib 23 5 7 8 0 183040 93 The Eri 4 5 3 4 4 5 216114 Acamar 131 Mu Lib 1 8 5 8 6 7 158821 94 Tau 4 Eri 5 7 3 7 10 168460 132 Eta Lup 15 3 6 7 8 207208 95 Omi 2 Eri 8 3 4 4 9 5 11 131063 Keid 133 Xi Lup 10 4 5 3 5 8 207144 96 32 Eri 6 8 4 8 6 1 130806 134 38 Lyn 2 7 3 9 6 6 61391 ...

Page 41: ... 7 132298 194 Eta Sgr 3 6 3 2 7 8 209957 163 1 Peg 36 3 4 1 8 2 107073 195 Sgr 5 5 5 2 6 9 209553 164 Eps Per 8 8 2 9 8 1 56840 196 Phi Tau 52 5 0 8 4 76558 165 Zet Per 12 9 2 9 9 5 56799 Atik 197 Chi Tau 19 4 5 7 7 6 76573 166 Eta Per 28 3 3 3 8 5 23655 Miram in becvar 198 118 Tau 4 8 5 8 6 6 77201 167 The Per 18 3 4 1 10 38288 199 6 Tri 3 9 5 3 6 9 55347 168 E331 Per 12 1 5 3 6 7 23765 200 Zet U...

Page 42: ...33P Daniel 2008 7 20 3006 0 461966 2 169362 18 958 66 5621 22 3747 10 12 17 36P Whipple 2011 12 31 6411 0 258516 3 088107 201 8996 182 395 9 9357 8 5 6 18 43P Wolf Harrington 2010 7 1 5473 0 595103 1 357198 191 2932 250 0422 15 9772 8 6 19 44P Reinmuth 2008 2 18 4132 0 428497 2 106896 58 1213 286 602 5 9043 8 3 6 20 46P Wirtanen 2008 2 2 4602 0 658121 1 056931 356 3185 82 1665 11 7403 9 6 21 47P A...

Page 43: ... 119P Parker Hartley 2005 5 22 6848 0 290508 3 039586 181 1136 244 0744 5 1905 3 5 8 49 124P Mrkos 2008 4 27 3311 0 542493 1 469458 181 4997 1 2852 31 3603 13 5 2 8 50 126P IRAS 2010 2 22 8394 0 696401 1 7133 356 7469 357 7654 45 8278 6 8 51 127P Holt Olmstead 2009 10 21 3259 0 362704 2 195724 6 5239 13 6877 14 3194 11 6 52 128P Shoemaker Holt 2007 6 13 3448 0 320257 3 0666 210 3766 214 3784 4 356...

Page 44: ...84 5 28 0 23 16 Psyche 2008 11 30 260 2872 2 920993 0 13925 227 4924 150 325 3 096 5 9 0 2 17 Thetis 2008 11 30 59 2784 2 470101 0 134917 135 8301 125 5998 5 589 7 76 0 15 18 Melpomene 2008 11 30 270 5753 2 295635 0 218678 227 8463 150 5229 10 1268 6 51 0 25 19 Fortuna 2008 11 30 296 078 2 443171 0 15795 181 8835 211 2813 1 5721 7 13 0 1 20 Massalia 2008 11 30 196 7074 2 411074 0 141797 255 9576 2...

Page 45: ... 9838 7 84 0 16 48 Doris 2008 11 30 102 4412 3 108642 0 074784 257 133 183 7354 6 5555 6 9 0 15 49 Pales 2008 11 30 274 6896 3 09392 0 230324 109 804 286 1346 3 1802 7 8 0 15 50 Virginia 2008 11 30 10 6337 2 651387 0 283688 200 0845 173 6319 2 8324 9 24 0 15 51 Nemausa 2008 11 30 145 8796 2 365855 0 06723 3 2243 176 0995 9 9753 7 35 0 08 52 Europa 2008 11 30 269 0613 3 094958 0 105853 344 0615 128...

Page 46: ...46 GoToNova SAO Bright Star List For 8404 GoToNova 8404 hand controller consists of SAO bright stars with their magnitudes greater than 6 A reference table is available on iOptron s website ...

Page 47: ...ling or unauthorized repair Further product malfunction or deterioration due to normal wear is not covered by this warranty IOPTRON DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WHETHER OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HERE THE SOLE OBLIGATION OF IOPTRON UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL BE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE COVERED PRODUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH TH...

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