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1. Once the StarSeeker is powered on, Press ENTER to
begin alignment.
2. Use the Up and Down scroll buttons to select Auto Two-
Star Align and press ENTER.
3. The hand controller will display the last time and location
information that was entered into the hand controller.
Use the Up and Down scroll buttons to confirm the
information or make any necessary revisions. Press
ENTER to accept the current information, or press BACK
to manually edit the information (see SkyAlign section for
detailed instruction on entering time/site information).
4. The display will now prompt you to select a bright star
from the displayed list on the hand controller. Use the
scroll buttons to scroll to the desired star and then press
ENTER.
5. Use the directional arrow buttons to slew the telescope to
the star you selected. Center the star in the EZ Finder II
and press ENTER. Finally, center the star in the eyepiece
and press ALIGN.
6. Based on this information, the StarSeeker will
automatically display the most suitable second alignment
star that is above the horizon. Press ENTER to
automatically slew the telescope to the displayed star.
If for some reason you do not wish to select this star
(perhaps it is behind a tree or building), you can either:
• Press the BACK button to display the next most
suitable star for alignment.
• Use the UP and DOWN scroll buttons to manually
select any star you wish from the entire list of available
stars.
Once the scope has finished slewing, the display will ask you
to use the arrow buttons to align the selected star with the
red dot of the EZ Finder II. Once centered in the finder, press
ENTER. The display will then instruct you to center the star in
the field of view of the eyepiece. When the star is centered,
press ALIGN to accept this star as your second alignment star.
When the telescope has been aligned to both stars the display
will read
Align Success, and you are now ready to find your
first object.
Two-Star alignment
With the two-star alignment method, the StarSeeker requires
the user to know the names and positions of two bright stars in
order to accurately align the telescope with the sky and begin
finding objects. Here is an overview of the two-star alignment
procedure:
1. Once the StarSeeker is powered on, use the Up and
Down scroll buttons to select Two-Star Align, and press
ENTER.
2. Press ENTER to accept the time/site information
displayed on the display, or press BACK to enter new
information.
3. The SELECT STAR 1 message will appear in the top
row of the display. Use the Up and Down scroll buttons to
select the star you wish to use for the first alignment star.
Press ENTER.
4. StarSeeker then asks you to center in the eyepiece the
alignment star you selected. Use the directional arrow
buttons to slew the telescope to the alignment star and
carefully center it in the finder scope. Press ENTER
when centered.
5. Then, center the star in the eyepiece and press ALIGN.
HELPFUL HINT: In order to accurately center the alignment
star in the eyepiece, you may wish to decrease the slew rate
of the motors for fine centering. This is done by pressing the
RATE button on the hand controller then selecting the num-
ber that corresponds to the speed you desire. (9 = fastest,
1 = slowest).
6. StarSeeker will then ask you to select and center a
second alignment star and press the ALIGN button. It is
best to choose alignment stars that are a good distance
away from one another. Stars that are at least 40° to
60° apart from each other will give you a more accurate
alignment than stars that are close to each other. For
reference, your fist held at arm’s length spans about 10°
of sky.
Once the second star alignment is completed properly, the dis-
play will read Align Successful, and you should hear the track-
ing motors turn on and begin to track.
One-Star align
One-Star Align requires you to input all the same information as
you would for the Two-Star Align procedure. However, instead
of slewing to two alignment stars for centering and alignment,
the StarSeeker uses only one star to model the sky based on
the information given. This will allow you to roughly slew to the
coordinates of bright objects like the Moon and planets and
gives the StarSeeker the information needed to track objects
in altazimuth in any part of the sky. One-Star Align is not meant
to be used to accurately locate small or faint deep-sky objects
or to track objects accurately for photography.
To use One-Star Align:
1. Select One-Star Align from the alignment options.
2. Press ENTER to accept the time/site information
displayed on the display, or press BACK to enter new
information.
3. The SELECT STAR 1 message will appear in the top
row of the display. Use the Up and Down scroll buttons to
select the star you wish to use for the first alignment star.
Press ENTER.
4. StarSeeker then asks you to center in the eyepiece the
alignment star you selected. Use the directional arrow
buttons to slew the telescope to the alignment star and
carefully center it in the finder scope. Press ENTER
when centered.
5. Then, center the star in the eyepiece and press ALIGN.
6. Once in position, the StarSeeker will model the sky
based on this information and display Align Successful.
Note: Once a One-Star Alignment has been done, you
can use the Re-alignment feature (later in this section) to
improve your telescope’s pointing accuracy.
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