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SynScan GoTo

Hand Controller

IN 484 Rev. B 06/13

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Page 1: ...t 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 SynScan GoTo Hand Controller IN...

Page 2: ...Variable Stars 11 4 4 SAO Stars 11 4 5 Deep Sky Tour 11 4 6 User Defined Objects 11 5 Configuring Hand Controller and Mount Settings 12 5 1 Date Time Site Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time 12 5 2 Han...

Page 3: ...s slewing to an object The direction keys are very helpful when initially aligning the mount centering objects in the eyepiece field of view slewing and manually guiding The left and right direction k...

Page 4: ...ost recent speed will be kept and the LCD display will return to its previous content The following table lists the available slewing speeds Rate No 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Speed 1 0 5X 2 1X 3 8X 16X 32X...

Page 5: ...It automatically detects the model of the mount to which it con nects and selects the appropriate operation mode accordingly For an Equatorial Alt azimuth dual mode mount such as the Orion Atlas Pro A...

Page 6: ...ro cess the screen will display Begin Alignment and ask you to select 1 YES or 2 NO Press 1 to start the alignment process The SynScan hand controller will operate in Full Feature mode refer to Sectio...

Page 7: ...t be performed again To do this turn the mount s power switch off then on again 2 Star Alignment Two star alignment requires only two alignment stars but may produce lesser pointing accuracy than the...

Page 8: ...the selected region the hand controller will display No object found in this region Press ENTER or ESC and select another region of sky 4 Now use the Scroll keys to scroll through the list of bright s...

Page 9: ...at the hand controller will not prompt you to select a directional region for a bright star Instead you ll be presented with a list of stars available in your current sky to choose from for each of th...

Page 10: ...other 8 planets of our solar system and Earth s Moon NGC 7 840 of the brightest deep sky objects from the Revised New General Catalog IC 5 386 of standard stars and deep sky objects from the Indexed...

Page 11: ...4 5 Deep Sky Tour The SynScan hand controller enables you to take a tour of the best deep sky objects visible in the current sky from your location You can select them one by one and command the SynSc...

Page 12: ...direction is reversed on one or both axes of motion using the direction keys on the hand controller So when you re looking at an object in the eyepiece it will not move immediately upon pressing a dir...

Page 13: ...o end the input and proceed The screen will display Lower XXX Xo at the bottom row fill in the data in a similar way 5 7 Enable Disable Auxiliary Encoder Some Orion telescopes and mounts are equipped...

Page 14: ...ignment is which will allow you to decide if you should perform the polar alignment procedure again or if it s good enough for your purpose Access the menu Utility Func Show Information P A Error and...

Page 15: ...or may vary in different portions of the sky The SynScan hand controller divides the sky into 85 small zones and you can calibrate the pointing error for each of these zones The next time the SynScan...

Page 16: ...sure time in minutes and seconds and the last 3 digits are the number of frames to be shot up to 999 Press the ENTER key to pick a group and proceed to the next step 4 The first row of the screenshot...

Page 17: ...een will display Select Speed 1 0 125X 2 0 25X This is the speed used to move the star in the FOV of the telescope when you press the Left or Right direction key on the SynScan hand controller Choosin...

Page 18: ...mm ss You can then use the data to determine whether or not to adjust the azimuth of the mount Press the ENTER key again to proceed to the next step 8 The mount will slew to a new position When it st...

Page 19: ...r at the bottom of the window to show the progress 5 Once update is complete the application will display a green bar with Update Complete at the bottom of the window 8 4 Troubleshooting 1 If a window...

Page 20: ...and controller Place the GPS module on a horizontal surface 2 Access the menu Utility Func GPS and press the ENTER key 3 The screen will now display GPS fixing as the GPS module is attempting to fix o...

Page 21: ...21 Appendix A Standard Time Zones of the World...

Page 22: ...lign Polar Align Brightest Star SETUP MODE Show Position Show Information Identify Park Scope PAE GPS PC Direct Mode Polar Scope LED PEC Training Camera Control Adv Filter Sort By Time Version Tempera...

Page 23: ...ith the optical tube of the telescope Note Steps 2 to 4 are to identify R A and Dec move ments of stars in the reticle eyepiece If you are already familiar with the movements proceed to step 5 2 Find...

Page 24: ...center of the eyepiece by HALF not all the way 13 Repeat Steps 8 and 9 to check whether the cone error is now acceptable Repeat Steps 10 11 and 12 if necessary until Polaris remains in the center of...

Page 25: ...res The screen will display Key in the top row If a key is pressed the name of the key will be displayed and the hand controller beeps The power voltage and the temperature will be displayed on the bo...

Page 26: ...A C O B ig D ip p e r T A U R U S B e t e l g e u s e L i t t l e D i p p e r P o i n t e r s P o l a r i s U R S A M A J O R C a s t o r C a p e l l a P r o c y o n C Y G N U S L E O M I N O R H E R...

Page 27: ...i p p e r P o l a r i s U R S A M A J O R C O M A B E R E N I C E S C Y G N U S P I S C E S P I S C E S P E G A S U S L E O M I N O R HERCULES OPHIUCHUS SCORPIUS TELESCOPIUM C O R O N A B O R E A L I...

Page 28: ...I D A N U S PHOENIX PISCIS AUSTRINUS CAPRICORN U S MICROSCOPIUM AQUARIUS O P H I U C H U S V U L P E C U L A S A G I T T A H E R C U L E S U R S A M I N O R C E P H E U S C A S S I O P E I A C A M E...

Page 29: ...ONOCEROS Alphard LEPUS COLUMBA CAELUM B O T E S U R S A M I N O R C E P H E U S C A S S I O P E I A C A M E L O P A R D A L I S GEMINI M i r f a k H YDRA PYXIS ANTLIA M I N O R C A N I S MAJOR CANIS D...

Page 30: ...rranted instrument that proves to be defective provided it is returned postage paid Proof of purchase such as a copy of the original receipt is required This warranty is only valid in the country of p...

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